Hi Scott, Hi Andrew,

Thank you.

I hope you keep this discussion in the open Forums because I am very much enjoying your discussion.

I have also thought why do we need compost, can’t we just reproduce the process in the field, for example vegetables planted in a crimped Rye/Vetch mulch (rotting in place). Last year I trialled Wolfgang Palme’s idea of using biomass (in-situ composting) to heat my greenhouse – the courgettes grew enormous from all that release CO2 that is normally lost in composting.

I also wonder if the microbes in compost (Saprophyten) are actually what we need in the soil (Endophytes, Mycorrihza, etc). There is so much still to understand.

Although I am very skeptical of Scott’s product, a kind of miracle solve-all, I am also aware that plants don’t grow that well in pure compost (my experience). I think the idea of using waste product, to closing the nutrient cycle, is a great thing. However my idea of regenerative agriculture is more of a closed system where nearly everything is produced on farm (except perhaps small amounts of trace minerals).

Whatever… the discussion is fascinating.