Pro-Soil Soon to Debut Home Gardening Product
Savvy farmers have trusted Pro-Soil Ag Solutions to help them reduce inputs and increase crop yields for years. Our soil activators harness the power of soil biology by stimulating the microbial activity present beneath the soil’s surface. Our tried and true products increase nutrient availability, mellow soils, increase root mass and cultivate overall crop health. Farmers across the country know the benefits of carefully considered farm soil management, but many home gardeners fail to use sustainable soil management strategies as they grow fruits, vegetables and other plants. In this article we look at some of the similarities between farming and home gardening.
Pro-Soil Helps Farmers Achieve Better Crop Yields
According to Ron Small, a soybean farmer in Indiana, his farm hit a plateau when it came to crop yields.
Pro-Soil helped him push through that barrier by increasing his yields by as much as 25%.
How did Pro-Soil impact his operation in such a significant way?
First, Pro-Soil helped the structure of the soil. By enhancing the microbial activity in the soil, those microbes stimulate earthworm activity and earthworms help to enhance soil porosity. Soil porosity is critical to allowing water to penetrate down to crop roots, and this is especially the case when heavy equipment is driven over the soil thereby compacting it.
The soybean industry was previously limited to yield averages in the neighborhood of 45 bushels to the acre. Since Small began using Pro-Soil products more than 14 years ago, he shattered the previous yield barrier and now boasts yields in the ballpark of 100 bushels per acre.
Can Biological Farming Help Home Gardeners?
The same great benefits of Pro-Soil’s farm products will soon be available to home gardeners.
Commercial farming and home gardening are totally different, right?
There is no doubt that the American farmer has a tougher job than the home gardener, but some of the tools farmers use can be applied to home gardens for outstanding results.
Just like farm crops, home gardens benefit from increasing the microbial activity in the soil.
Your fruits, vegetables and flowers see positive results with mellower soil, stronger plant roots, better soil porosity and easy water drainage.
Pro-Soil’s home gardening product isn’t available at stores near you just yet, but we wanted to share our excitement with our fellow green thumbs.