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Soil Health And Changing Soil Compaction

Soil Secrets is a Soil Ecology company.  You cannot grow a healthy landscape or a healthy crop without the soil's ecology also being healthy and soil compaction  is a major obstacle to healthy soil.  The following story exemplifies how Soil Secrets has the technology to fix soil compaction problems using the biochemistry of Nature, the Humic molecules.    Our competitors offer Humic Acids in some form or another, with many claiming to be unique formulations.  However if you don't know the molecular description of the molecules involved, it's impossible to modify them in a beneficial way.  It’s important to understand that outside of Soil Secrets, Humic Acids have never been isolated (purified) for the objective of identifying each molecular fraction and describing the molecules, or proving what the chemical properties are of these molecules.    The methods used by commercial or university soil labs for Humic Aci...

EndoMaxima® Preferred By Contractors!

EndoMaxima® is preferred by contractors due to its higher spore count and competitive pricing. EndoMaxima® is a  Mycorrhizal concentrate  designed for agriculture, landscape construction, sports-field construction, mine reclamation or erosion control projects. EndoMaxima is a concentrate of spores representing a generalist Glomus species that is global and which works with plants that can associate with an Endo (VAM) type mycorrhizae. A contractor came in to Trees That Please Nursery to purchase endomycorrhizae that had been required by the architect for a landscaping project. When presented with the pricing for our EndoMaxima product he stated that it seemed expensive compared to his regular source.  Victor, our Soil Secrets Operation's Manager, overheard the conversation and suggested that was because of EndoMaxima’s higher spore count per pound of product. Victor is usually working behind the scene mixing, packaging, and labeling. The contractor asked for...

TerraPro Fixing Toxic Soil Chemistry

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

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Soil Secrets Wishes You A Merry Christmas! Soil Secrets LLC   Albuquerque's Soil Conditioner Source

SEE YOU AT THE WORLD AG EXPO 2015

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 MelĂ©ndrez Managing Member of Soil Secrets LLC 505 550-3246 www.soilsecrets.com

Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi On Seed Germination

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                                                 ...

TerraPro Treated Vineyards In Baja, Mexico

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...