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4 Benefits of Using Power-Z Sustainable Soil Additive for Agriculture Companies
There are many complex aspects to soil quality that can affect the growth and health of plants. Soils in different areas have different physical and chemical compositions that can be good or bad for farming. In the case of naturally rich and beneficial soil, over time, nutrients will be depleted. For other soils, plants could not be grown well there naturally. In those cases, a sustainable soil ...
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Effect of charcoal quantity on microbial biomass and activity in temperate soils
Wildfire-produced charcoal is a common component of soils, affecting a range of important abiotic and biotic soil processes. Our ability to predict the effects of charcoal addition to soil is currently limited, however, by our understanding of how charcoal affects the soil microbial community mediating many of these processes. This study sought to improve our understanding of the relationship ...
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Application of two vermicomposts on a Rice crop: Effects on soil biological properties and rice quality and yield
Vermicomposts have been considered as a soil additive to reduce the use of mineral fertilizers because they provide required nutrients, increase cation exchange capacity, and improve water-holding capacity. However, the effect of each vermicompost on soil properties and crop yield depends on its chemical composition. The main objective of this work was to study the effect of incorporating two ...
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Effectiveness of recovered Magnesium Phosphates as fertilizers in neutral and slightly Alkaline soils
Magnesium phosphates such as struvite (MgNH4PO4 · 6H2O) can be recovered from municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewaters. However, limited information is available on the beneficial reuse of these recovered products; research has focused on low pH soils. This study determined whether recovered struvite and dittmarite (MgNH4PO4 · H2O) were effective P fertilizers in neutral to slightly ...
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Uncomposted wool and hair-wastes as soil amendments for high-value crops
The hypothesis of this work was that uncomposted sheep wool and human hair could be used as nutrient source for nonedible high-value plants. Pot and field experiments were conducted to assess uncomposted sheep wool-wastes and human hair-wastes as a nutrient source for high-value crops and to evaluate the effect of these waste materials on soil microbial community and mycorrhizae. In the pot ...
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High-Yielding corn response to applied Phosphorus, Potassium, and Sulfur in Nebraska
Nutrient management recommendations may change as yield levels and efficiency of crop production increase. Recommendations for P, K, and S were evaluated using results from 34 irrigated corn (Zea mays L.) trials conducted in diverse situations across Nebraska. The mean yield was 14.7 Mg ha–1 with adequate fertilizer applied. The median harvest index values were 0.52, 0.89, 0.15, and 0.56 for ...
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What is Power-Z Granular Soil Conditioner Media?
How it is used as a soil conditioner to enhance plant growth for agriculture/horticulture companies?Plants can be demanding in the best of times. Anyone from first time gardeners to experienced farmers can attest to this fact. There are numerous elements including soil additives that need to be carefully considered and monitored when raising anything from flowers to fruits and vegetables to ...
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Dairy cattle manure improves soil productivity in low residue rotation systems
Mineral fertilizer alone may not sustain soil productivity in cropping systems that return little crop residues to the soil, unless additional organic residues and/or manure is applied regularly to the soil. The objective of the present study was to assess the long-term effects of mineral fertilization (No fertilizer, PK, and NPK) and manure addition (0 and 20 Mg ha–1 yr–1) on soil physical and ...
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Effect of urban waste compost application on soil near-saturated hydraulic conductivity
Received for publication February 22, 2008. Compost application tends to increase soil fertility and is likely to modify soil hydrodynamic properties by acting on soil structural porosity. Two composts, a municipal solid waste compost (MSW) and a co-compost of green wastes and sewage sludge (SGW), have been applied every other year for 6 yr to cultivated plots located on a silt loam soil in the ...
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Advantages of heating mats in seed germination
Advantages of heating mats in seed germination Germinator and heated seedbed. Is seed germination uneven and inconstant? Every time you try to germinate seeds then the seedlings do not germinate or eventually dry up. You should know that not everyone has a green thumb or the right equipment. So what do you do? You give up, just like any inexperienced and hopeless gardener would. But it’s ...
By Cofilea srl
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Availability of iodide and iodate to spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in relation to total iodine in soil solution
Abstract A greenhouse pot experiment was carried out to investigate the availability of iodide and iodate to soil-grown spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in relation to total iodine concentration in soil solution. Four iodine concentrations (0, 0.5, 1, 2 mg kg−1) for iodide (I−) and iodate (IO3−) were used. Results showed that the biomass productions of spinach were not ...
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Controlling Nitrogen with Clinoptilolite
With skyrocketing prices on the fertilizer market, and record high contamination levels in runoff from soil leaching, solutions for fixing nutrients in the root zone are of paramount importance. The price of nitrogen fertilizer is always in flux, but as of recently there is a distinct and obvious spike. Fertilizer prices are on the rise. Meanwhile the broad use of fertilizer in agriculture has ...
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Soil sensors - vital for crop steering & yield manipulation
Crop steering - an introduction. Crop steering is a fairly new term that’s increased in popularity recently, but some growers have been using crop steering techniques for many years. The phrase crop steering is most often used by cannabis growers in relation to commercial cultivation of medicinal cannabis plants, but is applicable to commercial cultivators across the board. After all, ...
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Fertility status, trace elements and heavy metal pollution of agricultural land irrigated from the Gediz River
The effect of the Gediz River, polluted by industrial and domestic wastes, on fertility status and trace elements and heavy metal pollution of agricultural land irrigated from this river was investigated. For this purpose, soil samples were collected in August 1998 between the source of the Gediz River (Murat Mountain) and its mouth (Aegean Sea). Soil samples were collected from 12 different ...
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Effects of biowaste compost amendment on soil microbial biomass and specific carbon turnover in agricultural soils
The importance of biowaste compost as organic fertilisers has become more emergent in the last years due to the increased production of compost produced from biowaste. The utilisation of organic fertilisers in agriculture improves the physical, chemical and microbial properties of soils (Allievi et al., 1993; Senesi, 1989). Amendment of compost affects several soil properties positively like e.g. ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Macro–engineering Australia's Lake Eyre with imported seawater
The macro–engineering project proposal exploits technologies that have the potential to quickly enliven the arid region surrounding Lake Eyre. The plan is focused on biosaline agriculture. The distinctive macro–project components are: Lake Eyre is gradually filled to a higher level by controlling evaporation and by pumping seawater from the nearby ocean using cheap tensioned textile tubes. Most ...
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Principles for market-orientated production of compost products from the perspective of a plant operator
The treatment of biological waste, and composting in particular, has received a great boost in recent years since the introduction of source separation for biological waste in the 1980s. At the same time, legal regulations and guidelines for the construction of composting plants, production and trading of compost products were expanded. At present, about 6.5 million tonnes of biological waste is ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Function and production of carbon based fertilizer
Function of carbon based fertilizer Organic carbon fertilizer based on high-quality humic acid and fulvic acid can promote the formation of soil aggregate structure, reduce soil bulk density, increase cation exchange capacity, and regulate soil pH, thus contributing to improving soil water, fertilizer, heat preservation and ventilation capacity. Carbon based fertilizer processed by fertilizer ...
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Worms & Black Castings for an Abundance of Healthy Crops
Earthworms are more than just good fishing buddies, they naturally incorporate organic material into the soil, increasing the amount of microbes, improving the health of the soil, and increasing plant productivity. Both worms and black castings from worms provide your garden or farm with a nutrient rich and robust environment, able to withstand harsh weather conditions such as drought and the ...
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Is colloid-facilitated Phosphorus leaching triggered by Phosphorus accumulation in sandy soils?
The leaching of colloidal phosphorus (Pcoll) contributes to P losses from agricultural soils. In an irrigation experiment with undisturbed soil columns, we investigated whether the accumulation of P in soils due to excess P additions enhances the leaching of colloids and Pcoll from sandy soils. Furthermore, we hypothesized that large concentrations of Pcoll occur at the onset of leaching events ...
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