What Are Biological Amendments?

Whats the difference between inert dirt and the potent soil your plants thrive from? Nutrients! How did these nutrients become available for plant life before we began manufacturing synthetic fertilizers? Microbes!

Thatʻs right! In nature, tiny microorganisms like fungi, protozoa, bacteria, and nematodes break down the basic minerals already present in dirt so that the nutrients within are available for plants to intake. In addition to providing necessary nutrients, these beneficial microbes are outcompeting otherwise harmful organisms in the soil that negatively affecting your soil & plant health.

People have known the value of these microbes and have utilized them for thousands of years in the form of compost. A liquid biological amendment is Biocomplete™ compost that has been steeped, aerated, & fed, in order to propagate beneficial microbes.

BENEFITS OF LIQUID BIO AMENDMENTS

  • Protection from Pests
  • Protection from Disease
  • Reduced Irrigation Needs
  • No need for Fertilizers
  • Weed suppression
  • Protects against Soil Erosion
  • Increases Crop Yields
  • Promotes Carbon Sequestration
  • Protects Insects and Birds
  • Protects Marine Ecosystems
  • Reduced Worker Exposure to Potentially Harmful Chemicals

The Science Behind our Brew

The benefits of liquid biological amendments, aka “compost teas” are well documented in the scientific world. A scientific paper, published in the National Institute of Biotechnology, illustrating how compost tea increased root & shoot growth more than 7 times. Another paper documents how compost tea suppressed pathogens in the soil that would cause plant disease. But how can you know youʻll get the same results?

Unfortunately, not all the compost tea for sale out there is created equally. The goal of an ideal compost is to be FULL of beneficial microbes in the right proportions, but without knowing the science behind proper production, many brewers can miss that mark and have mixed results in their efficacy.

Image courtesy of the Soil Food Web School

Meet Dr. Ingham, Ph.D.

The recipes and strict protocol we use for our compost tea was pioneered by Dr. Elaine Ingham, Ph.D., whose work was featured in the New York Times. And whose work in this field has been proven in over 70 peer reviewed papers in scientific journals

(And was a speaker at 2021 Hawai’i Farmers Union United convention! )

What will our compost tea be most effective on? Everything! All plants need nutrients to survive and the main goal of having microbes in the soil is to make those nutrients more bioavailable.

Lawns & Turf

Our compost tea has been proven to fix those dollar spots that have spread from golfcourses to front yards everywhere.

Trees & Hedges

The same tea protocol we use has been used to save invaluable historic trees

Flowers and Ornamentals

Compost Tea isnʻt just for greenery. Our brews have been used to make flowers and ornamentals hardier and more vibrant.

Want to see for yourself? Take a sample of our compost tea and view it under a microscope! With just a 100x lens you can personally witness the tiny universe that makes up the essential building blocks for our soil.

Let’s Get Started

No more chemicals. No more pollution. No more hassle. Contact us now to begin the transition.