Undesirable Organic Products

Wood-chip products
Wood products (including those found in most commercial potting soils and "composts"), are composed of about 98% cellulose (carbon fibers) and 2% nutrients. This carbon fiber needs substantial quantities of nitrogen to break down, requiring high-nitrogen chemical fertilizers to supplement the natural sources of organic nitrogen.

Bovine Manures
Long-time friend of the organic gardener, bovine manures have had many problems that need to be understood if it is used on a regular basis.

1) All manures are high in salt; in heavy-clay soils salt buildup will be a major concern.

2) Commercial manures may have very high concentrations of antibiotics; these drugs pass through the animal's gut and are present in their manures. A major part of the success of sustainability is the building up of bacteria populations; commercial manures can impede this process.

Dead Dirt and Rotten Balls. Stop the Insanity!
You probably have dead dirt, and you plants have rotten dirt balls. This is so typical of the gardeners, farmers and growers that come to seek our services. Dirt without life is just dead stuff, and typically the gardener and farmer will try to save their plants by over-fertilizing and over-watering. This is the prescription for doom and unheathly plants and trees. We have even seen growers so desperate in their search for a miracle in a box that they directly inject phosphoric acid into the trunk of the trees to force them to grow roots in an vain attempt to save them. This is not necessary if you have sustainable soil.

Dead dirt wastes in excess of 90% of the water that is poured on it. If water just sits on top of the dirt, your soil is dead! In this condition, over 90% of chemical fertilizers will never see the root ball of the plant. Sustainable soil transports the water into the root zone, and will naturally manufacture its own fertilizer, all for free! (Praise the Worms!) The typical gardener that uses the miracle in a box has lots of other boxes and bottles of miracles in a storage closet - and some of those miracles are very expensive. The major difference with the sustainable gardener is that their closet is loaded with canned fruits and goodies from a productive harvest!