How does the average gardener know at what points a crop is experiencing a stress that would require a bio stimulant? It appears timing is everything. So adding silicon for example is a waste of $ and time if I don’t get the product out there when the crop is in heat stress. How long does a bio stimulant like silicon exist in the soil. There is too much voodoo science out there with regard to these bio stimulants. I would really like to see information shared across various disciplines so that the peer reviewed data actually gets out. The Netherlands for example requires verification for any product claiming to be a bio stimulant. Not so in the US I have tried humic acids from various companies and the quality and results are all over the place. Apparently the alkaline process of producing humic strips the humic of a lot of beneficial properties. I truly want to be more organic and more educated but I also don’t want to spend a $100 per tomato produced
May I suggest searching microhorrzial symbiotic relations. I don't have the information. I have been watching videos small farmers that use it and also planting certain plants with each other. Like let clover's cover the ground then little wee issues while giving nitrogen.
that is great. i suggest videos by/with John Kempf. meantime, since you are most likely a gardener, get the products of his company - AEA, and grow a great garden while you learn...blessings
This video ends abruptly. Right when it gets to the good stuff :(
How does the average gardener know at what points a crop is experiencing a stress that would require a bio stimulant? It appears timing is everything.
So adding silicon for example is a waste of $ and time if I don’t get the product out there when the crop is in heat stress. How long does a bio stimulant like silicon exist in the soil.
There is too much voodoo science out there with regard to these bio stimulants.
I would really like to see information shared across various disciplines so that the peer reviewed data actually gets out.
The Netherlands for example requires verification for any product claiming to be a bio stimulant. Not so in the US
I have tried humic acids from various companies and the quality and results are all over the place. Apparently the alkaline process of producing humic strips the humic of a lot of beneficial properties.
I truly want to be more organic and more educated but I also don’t want to spend a $100 per tomato produced
May I suggest searching microhorrzial symbiotic relations. I don't have the information. I have been watching videos small farmers that use it and also planting certain plants with each other. Like let clover's cover the ground then little wee issues while giving nitrogen.
that is great. i suggest videos by/with John Kempf. meantime, since you are most likely a gardener, get the products of his company - AEA, and grow a great garden while you learn...blessings