As a grower, deciding how to feed plants can make everything better or make everything worse. Many people follow conventional wisdom, not understanding what they have decided or even that alternatives exist. This knowledge can directly affect the bottom line. Modern growing techniques offer prescriptive solutions, directives really. The grower does not need to make many decisions, only to follow directions. • Fertilizer Rates • Soil Test Recommendations • Nutrient Deficiency

In Nature, plants grow abundantly without applied fertilizers. They do so through circular, self-reinforcing systems that recycle nutrients, build organic matter, and make minerals biologically available. These systems run on living soil. When they are intact, fertility is generated internally rather than imported from the outside. Farmers who grow food without fertilizers, whether on small plots or broad-acre land, share this same foundation. They begin by establishing biolo

POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY occurs when soil is lacking potassium. Even when sufficient potassium is present, if the soil contains high levels of lime and magnesium, the plant still suffers from potassium deficiency because these elements suppress potassium absorption. Potassium deficiency can also easily occur in sandy soil, which has less humus, because potassium is readily leached from sandy soil, as with nitrogen.   Using a soil foundation with Indigenous Micro-Organisms (IMO)