site specific soil food web ammendments · 2018-10-19 · • found in every cell of the body •...
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Site Specific Soil Food Web Ammendments
Picture of a beetle
Society of Ecological Restoration Fall Forum, 2018
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Two questions to think about when thinking
about our soils.
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What can a Forest teach us?
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What are the 4 essential things we as humans
need to survive as a species?
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Bacteria
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Fungi
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Protozoa
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Nematodes
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Think of it as a Liquid Probitic and Multi-Vitamin for your Soil
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Soil organisms work 24/7
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KELP
● feeds fungal and bacterial biology
● contains plant growth hormones
● Contains Mannitol which offers Chelation effect
● combine with soluble nutrients to improve plant uptake
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LIQUID FISH
● helps with restoration of fungal communities
● Macro and micro nutrients
● An Amino chelated nutrient product
● organic form of Nitrogen
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Humic Acid
● Cation Exchange capacity of around 450
● Fungal food
● stimulate of Mycorrhizae
● Improves Nitrogen uptake
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Mycorrhizae
● 97% of plants have relationship
● Endo and Ecto
● Very sensitive to chemicals and high levels of Phosphorus
● Many new products out there
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Calcium Page
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Disease & Pathogen Suppression
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Not much
happening
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SOIL does not like to be treated like DIRT!
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Mike Dorion“The Compost Kid”
403-605-6669
www.livingsoil.ca
@soilmike on Twitter
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Ideas worth spreadingTEDHow our microbes make us who we are
Rob Knight
Meet your microbesJonathan Eisen
They are ancient (4 million years old)
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The biology lives in the root zone of plants
•Called the RHIZOSPHERE area
•This is where the SOIL PARTY is taking place!
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Plants are incontrol
of who attendsthe SOIL PARTY
Plants send out
“Invitations”
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There is a soil party going on!
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Party Guest #1 Bacteria!
✓ First to arrive or wake up with water
✓ No feet, so needs a taxi
✓ Decomposers, eat and cannot release
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Rastafarian Roots
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✓ Recognized above ground as mushrooms (flowers)
✓ Pre-eminent powers of decomposition
✓ Specialized fungi called mycorrhizae form partnerships with tree roots.
FUN GUYS!Fungi
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Stable CarbonSequestration
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Calcium• Plants and Animals use more calcium
then any other nutrient
• Found in every cell of the body
• Bones and Teeth
• When in Low in Soils = Grass Weeds
• Can get Milk Fever and Warts
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Party Guest #2 Protozoa!
✓Love to eat bacteria
✓Amoebae, Flagellates and Ciliates
✓ Swim around rapidly
✓Eating bacteria releases nutrients into soil
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Party Guest #3 Nematodes!
✓ Love to eat bacteria & protozoa
✓ Swim vigorously
✓ Create plant available nutrients
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Party Guest #4 Organic matter!
✓'control box' of nature's nutrient cycle
✓The sponge of the soil
✓Helps to build our carbon levels
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Water Cycle
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Infiltration Test
•How fast does
an Inch of
water take to
soak in?
A few minutes or 40 minutes
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Party Animals- Earthworms
✓Well known soil aerators - dig deep into clay soil
✓ Break down dead organic matter –decomposition
✓ Positive interactions with bacteria & fungi.
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✓ Predators
✓ Plant eaters
✓ Soil aerators
Party Animals- Insects, mites
AntsMillipedes
Sow BugsOrabatid mite
Ground Beetle
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•Creating a living soil “sponge”
• is essential
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Compaction
Sponge or Brick
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Root systemsNative fescue 18,500 to 36,600kg/ha
Biomass of roots
Spring wheat 2000-2900kg/ha
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Visual Soil Assessments
• Soil Texture
• Soil Structure
• Soil Porosity
• Soil Colour
• Earthworms
• Soil Smell
• Potential Rooting
Depth
https://www.bioagrinomics.com
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•Penetrometer
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Soil Your Undies Project
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Weeds or indicators?
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•Soil Health is a lot like Human Health.
• If your sick, you can take a pill for your problem, but maybe you need to exercise or change your diet a bit.
How are you managing your “Herd?”