Getting paid directly for quality in wine grapes
Working with wine grape growers is a lot of fun, and could be even more fun. It is a lot of fun, because, besides cannabis,…
How GMO’s can influence soil microbiology
On several occasions, we have observed GMO corn crops and GMO corn stalk mulch produce a soil environment that enhanced disease, sometimes dramatically. Why would…
Harvest uniformity
Plants with abundant energy produce flower clusters with uniform size and fruit with uniform maturity. Nutritional integrity has at least as big, if not a…
Insect and disease attraction to plants with reducing sugars
How is it possible for a high Brix plant to be resistant to insects and not provide them with an abundant food source when insects…
Understanding the source causes
Only knowing what to do, without understanding or questioning why we do it, is not particularly useful knowledge in the long term. Knowledge of what…
Fungal mycelium and shutting down phytophthora in peppers
A bell pepper field had phytophthora problems severe enough to cost the entire crop. Ridomil Gold treatments were known to be completely ineffective. Instead of…
Rapidly regenerating tired greenhouse soil
Several years ago we worked with a greenhouse grower where crops were being grown in the soil continuously for over a decade. The soil was…