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Michael Martin Meléndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC   Albuquerque's Soil Conditioner Source 505 550-3246 www.soilsecrets.com

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WORLD AG EXPO 2015 FEBRUARY 10-12: TULARE, CALIFORNIA John Miller and Bob Geyer will be helping me exhibit Soil Secrets LLC  at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California on February 10-12.    Soil Secrets Exhibit will be located in Building C Booth #3015. We'd love to talk with you so please stop by the booth! We look forward to seeing you there! Michael Martin Meléndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC 505 550-3246 www.soilsecrets.com

The following is a study performed by Avery Diercks, son of our General Manager Anna Forester, where he performed an inoculation study using Mycorrhizal fungi.  Here's some information derived from his study.    The first image below shows the site where native soil was collected near Santa Fe, New Mexico during a good monsoon season with abundant native grass production.    The next two photos show seed germination, both samples had the soil sterilized to try and eliminate any indigenous mycorrhizal fungi present in the collected samples.    The photo below shows germination of seed that was inoculated with EndoMaxima prior to sowing in the sterilized soil.   The next photo below shows germination of seed that was not inoculated with EndoMaxima                                                         prior to sowing in the sterilized soil.   The two images show germination after 3 days, with the EndoMaxima inoculated seed showing a clear adv

The attached video was taken in Baja, Mexico in a wine-growing region on October 6 of 2014.   It shows, in the distance, on the left side of the road, a field of wine grapes treated with the TerraPro product of Soil Secrets. To the right of the treated field and across the road is a field not treated. The TerraPro treated field on the left in the photo below clearly shows a healthier greener color, compared to the untreated field to the right side of the road. The grapes produced also reflected the same benefit of using TerraPro. The other mode of action that was seen on the treated field versus the untreated field was the penetration of the irrigation water being applied by drip. The water was more easily penetrating into the soil creating a larger wet spot versus the untreated field where the water was puddling on the surface and not so easily percolating. This explains why the farmer was able to stretch the irrigation frequency from every fourth day to every 12

September 24, 2014 TerraPro and Protein Crumblies really work!  Please read the testimonial below: “Two years ago my soil was poor and it showed in my vegetable's leaf color. After using Soil Secrets for 2 seasons my soil now looks like a moist chocolate cake. As for my vegetables; I just returned from the country fair where having made 12 entries I came home with 11 blue and 1 red ribbon. K. Gibson A Gibson Snowflake, AZ Michael Martin Meléndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC   Albuquerque's Soil Conditioner Source 505 550-3246 www.soilsecrets.com

Follow the link below to read about the experiences of a pig farmer in Denmark when he switched away from GMOs and Roundup that resulted in improved health in his herd. Click here: Changing from GMO to Non-GMO Natural Soy, Experiences from Denmark Michael Martin Meléndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC   Albuquerque's Soil Conditioner Source 505 550-3246 www.soilsecrets.com

An Albuquerque Metro Soil Ecology company, Soil Secrets LLC has invented the ability to manufacture a bio-identical soil molecular substance that can improve how soil supports vegetation.  Improving the crop or landscape plant material improve its ability to get water out of the soil.  Improve the soils ability to store water for longer periods of time.  Improve the drought tolerable limited of any landscape or crop.  And last but not least improve the vegetation's ability to get mineral nutrition out of the soil.  With the Western States drought impacting both agriculture and urban landscaping, this material can be a game changer in how we manage what we do on farms, in our personal yards and with large public sector landscapes such as parks and sports fields.  It’s all about fixing, the Bio Geo Chemical processes of the soil’s ecology using bio mimicry so that the soils natural biochemistry and terrestrial biosphere of microbiology are working properly.  Using the brute force of

TerraPro has helped with sugar content and water conservation on a Baja Mexico Pomegranate farm. Here are a couple of photos of the Pomegranates s on the San Vicente Ranch. Brix are at 17.5 even on the ones not yet red. D egrees Brix   (symbol °Bx) a measure of the sugar content of an aqueous solution.  More Pomegranate Fruit then last year  and they are watering every two weeks instead of once per week. Very happy farm engineer. They pick usually Pomegranates at 18 Brix.  For more information about TerraPro please visit our website at: http://soilsecrets.com/products-view/terrapro/ Michael Martin Meléndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC 505 550-3246

What is Soil Secrets? A company that provides materials that will instigate,  improve and support a healthy soil ecology.    Learn more about Soil Secrets By visiting our Website at: http://soilsecrets.com/

Control vines on the left, TerraPro treated vines on the right.  Water savings on treated vines is the farmer was able to reduce irrigation frequency to every 12 days compared to every 4 days on control vines. Site is in Baja Mexico. Michael Martin Meléndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC 505 550-3246

Follow us on the Journey to Better Soil Health!  Enjoy this video filmed during our Annual Arboretum Tomé Open House this year in Los Lunas, NM. Listen to invited speakers  Rudy Garcia and Clarence Chavez from the USDA NRCS office. The Arboretum Tomé in Los Lunas, New Mexico shows that growing healthy trees and plants is possible with the help of soil experts. Understanding the type of soil you have, and how to work to improve it, is the subject of the talks by two of New Mexico's soil experts. An important video to watch if you want to understand soil and how to heal or fix it, so you can grow healthy trees, plants, flowers, and healthy vegetables in your garden. Watch the video by clicking on the following link: Soil Health Video - The Arboretum Tome Open House 2014 We hope you enjoy this video! Michael Martin Meléndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC 505 550-3246

The images below were taken by Soil Secrets Dealer David Hilton near Modesto California.  The site is Aaron's Cook Ranch, a significant almond producer in the State of California.  In recent years the Almond production industry has been impacted by increasing salinity of the soil, caused by drought and poor quality irrigation pumped ground water.  Summer of 2013 was particularly destructive to the crop, with many farmers losing trees and even removing orchards that are failing.   The Cook Ranch treated 20 acres using 600 pounds of TerraPro per acre banded 4 to 6 inches wide on top of the drip irrigation line.  TerraPro is a soil conditioner containing as an active ingredient a novel bio-organic matrix of supramolecular humic molecules.  The trees were also foliar sprayed with an AGGRAND organic nutrient product to provide essential nutrition while also avoiding adding additional salinity via a standard fertilizer.  I'll write another blog on the protocol used with the AGGR

Often our western soils have a problem with many of the 42 essential elements of plant nutrition being inhibited by the alkaline chemistry of the soil.  This simply means that the elements such as iron, zinc, copper, calcium, etc, etc, etc, are cemented into the matrix of the soil by way of a precipitation reaction called concretion.   This is where the term ‘Concrete’ comes from, where the mineral elements are not soluble with just water.  The process of getting these elements available for plant uptake requires a “solutioning” of the elements from the concreted soil, which is provided by the supramolecular chemistry of the organic matrix of humic molecules, and by the mycorrhizal fungi that are hopefully also present.    It’s one of the Mechanisms of Action for the Humic Molecules and the Mode of Action for the Mycorrhizal fungi.  Another limiting factor is the availability of nitrogen in the form of amino acids, caused by a slow or weak Soil Food Web.   The SFW is the Terrest

The Problem with Western Soils in Agriculture and in Urban Landscaping:  Here's a Solution Water is a growing concern in the arid West and it's a problem that will never go away.   This paper addresses two situations that contraindicate the efficient use of water in both urban landscaping and in agriculture, particularly where irrigation is essential. Soil Compaction: The first problem I'll cover is the compaction of soil.  This prevents water from  penetrating to an adequate depth, allowing roots to also grow deep, therefore providing plants with a greater contact zone with soil, where water and element nutrients can be found and sequestered.  Compaction also causes a problem with roots rotting due to the soil being airless (anaerobic).  Like us, roots and the beneficial microbes of soil need oxygen in order to survive and function properly, so compacted soils limit the functionality of roots and all the beneficial soil microbes.  Soils can also be made an

You are invited to the annual Spring Garden Fair at Arboretum Tomé on Saturday, May 31st. The Garden Fair will host two soil expert lectures beginning at 10 a.m. New Mexico State University agronomist Rudy Garcia, a USDA soil scientist with the National Resource Conservation Service, will discuss how to improve local soils to grow healthier, more nutritious crops, more sustainable lawns and robust trees. “He will talk more about the science of how soils work and how to fix them and make them healthier" Kim Costion, of Ashokala Gardens in Snowflake, Ariz.,, will tell her personal story how she converted a desert soil into a fertile farm able to feed many families. “She will show you pictures of building three to four inches of black topsoil in three years, even out in the desert”. Follow this link to read more…   http://www.news-bulletin.com/2014/05/21/news/spring-garden-party-to-provide-education-entertainment.html

Gardeners, farmers, and students interested in learning more about how to build healthy, moisture-retaining soils are invited to the annual Spring Garden Fair at Arboretum Tomé on Saturday, May 31st. Follow this link to read more…  http://www.news-bulletin.com/2014/05/21/news/spring-garden-party-to-provide-education-entertainment.html

Come and see how a Healthy Soil, developed by the exclusive use of Soil Secrets Products, can support a great abundance and variety of shrubs and trees! Enjoy the shade and abundant plant life at the Arboretum Tomé Annual  Open House and Garden Party.

We are proud to announce the Featured Speakers at this year’s   Arboretum Tomé Annual Open House and Garden Party Lectures Begin at 10:00   Rudy Garcia, State Agronomist for New Mexico “How better soil health relates to increased water conservation and a healthier garden or landscape”. Kim Costion of Ashokala Gardens Arizona “A growers experience: building a healthy soil to increase garden health and productivity”. Arboretum Tomé Annual Open House and Garden Party May 31 st from 9:30am to 4:30pm Free!! Location:  9 Gilcrease Road, Los Lunas New Mexico 87031 For Additional Information Contact: Trees That Please Nursery Winter hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 to 4:30,  Sunday 11:00 to 4:00 Phone: 505-866-5027 Trees That Please is located at 3084 Highway 47, Los Lunas NM 87031 Email treesthatplease@comcast.net Visit our web site at: treesthatplease.org