Conserving Water in Agriculture and in Urban Horticulture: The Present by Michael Martin Meléndrez The Material Science program at Soil Secrets has developed a protocol of materials that work, help hold water in the soil, provide nourishment for the soil microbes and the vegetation, and fortify the soil with the essential bio-identical humic molecules that are the foundation of a healthy and productive soil. Below are some photos of a cotton crop in the desert of West Texas that show the power of humic molecules managing soil water in the event of drought. In this particular case water was cut off in early September, two months before the cotton crop was mature enough to harvest. Figure 1 below shows a cotton field where the crop is much shorter, caused by the artificial drought caused by the irrigation being terminated. Figure 2 below shows a cotton field that did not terminate during the same irrigation drought and which had a two month advantage for