Why it matters
Soil structure and biology determine uptake; rebuilding them restores the productivity of the ground and makes inputs effective again.
When it appears
Between crops and in continuously cropped ground.
How to identify it
- Declining performance in continuously cropped ground
- Poor structure and low biological activity
- Fertiliser not translating into growth
How to manage it
- Build organic matter; rebuild biology with Charge Bioboost; rebalance with Balance Boost.
Recommended Vegalab program
Observed results: in side-by-side trials against untreated control rows, Charge BioBoost raised Tempranillo grapevine yield by ~50% (Valladolid, Spain, 2016: 14,885 against 9,922 kg/ha on alkaline soil, +23% more clusters, +21% heavier bunches, 32% fewer chlorotic vines); cherry-tomato yield by ~19% (var. Genio, Sicily, Italy, 2015: 84,798 against 71,084 kg/ha, with 36% more ripe fruit and 34% fewer aborted flowers at day 80); and Dutch-cucumber yield by ~12.5% (var. Estrada, Granada, Spain, 2015-16: 119.2 against 106 t/ha). On processing tomato at Firebaugh, California, a three-year programme third-party tested from transplant to harvest and reported by The Agronomy Group took net tonnage from 58.39 tons/acre under the grower standard in year one to 76.93 in year three. Microscope imaging showed arbuscules and hyphae in treated roots and none in the untreated.
| Role | Product | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Soil biology | Charge Bioboost | Rebuilds microbial activity |
| Rebalance | Balance Boost | Remediation & balancing of overused soil |
| Roots | Root Boost | Re-establish roots in recovering soil |
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