Online book: Soil Microorganisms and Higher Plants

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http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010112Krasil/010112krasil.toc.html

Quoting its description:

" This, the ultimate study of the microbial process in soil, is one of

the most important books in the library. It has been little known since

its publication. Rendering it into html took hundreds of tedious and

rewarding hours. The book contains 100 photographic illustrations and

heaps of tables, so downloading the chapters can be a bit time

consuming. Here's my " take " on this book. In the Soviet Union of the

30s, 40s and 50s, industrial production was scanty. Had Soviet agronomic

research focused increasing yields through the use of chemicals, spread

voluminously, the substances could not have been produced. So

Krasil'nikov focused on the biological process, and he found ways to

improve plant growth by crop rotation and the production of special

composts and microbial ferments of the sort that could be produced by

the farmer in an old barrel. All these " primitive " solutions are based

on a very high-level understanding of the microbial process in soil and

the interactions between soil microbes with each other, of how crop

species interact with each other via long-lasting soil residues (root

exudates), and how plants and microbes interact with each other. "

This could be useful to gardeners here. There's a whole list of books on

farming at http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html

Roman

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[Guest guest]

Roman, thanks for the link. I sprayed my garden last Spring with a

commercial bacteria product. I was mostly just experimenting and not

really expecting to see much results, to my suprise I have noticed a

return of earth worms and the soil is so much more mellow. I also

noticed that the vegetable crop last year lasted a lot longer than

usual and without as much disease and insect problems.

Now, tell me how to get rid of the Armadillos that are eating my

earth worms.

Tom