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Fall soil builder mix
Bell/fava beans, peas, oats.
Use, soil benefits and cautions
Fall soil builder mix is bell/fava beans, peas, oats. This is the role it plays in the Cure Soil approach. The reason to use it is the job described here, not the idea that adding more of everything makes soil healthier.
Use it when the matching protocol identifies that job and the linked protocol explains the conditions. If a soil report applies, use its findings to decide whether this belongs on your site at all. If you do not have the relevant reading yet, ask Cure Soil to set the rate instead of guessing. Where a label applies, follow that label.
Do not use it simply because another garden needed it. Too much of an input can crowd out another nutrient, stress the soil's living community, or hide a water problem. For living products and extracts, also keep oxidizers such as bleach and chlorine away: they kill the organisms you meant to bring into the soil. Check the warnings in the matching protocol before combining anything.
To tell whether it helped, note the reason you chose it, then compare the same bed and the same relevant report measure next round. Look for the expected change in the roots, soil or measured shortage rather than declaring success from a single greener leaf. If the signal did not move, pause and reassess before repeating the application.
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Used in: Cover cropping
Rye + vetch
Carbon and nitrogen together.
Use, soil benefits and cautions
Rye + vetch is carbon and nitrogen together. This is the role it plays in the Cure Soil approach. The reason to use it is the job described here, not the idea that adding more of everything makes soil healthier.
Use it when the matching protocol identifies that job and the linked protocol explains the conditions. If a soil report applies, use its findings to decide whether this belongs on your site at all. If you do not have the relevant reading yet, ask Cure Soil to set the rate instead of guessing. Where a label applies, follow that label.
Do not use it simply because another garden needed it. Too much of an input can crowd out another nutrient, stress the soil's living community, or hide a water problem. For living products and extracts, also keep oxidizers such as bleach and chlorine away: they kill the organisms you meant to bring into the soil. Check the warnings in the matching protocol before combining anything.
To tell whether it helped, note the reason you chose it, then compare the same bed and the same relevant report measure next round. Look for the expected change in the roots, soil or measured shortage rather than declaring success from a single greener leaf. If the signal did not move, pause and reassess before repeating the application.
Price coming — ask us
Used in: Cover cropping
Crimson clover
Under the main crop, Fukuoka style.
Use, soil benefits and cautions
Crimson clover is under the main crop, Fukuoka style. This is the role it plays in the Cure Soil approach. The reason to use it is the job described here, not the idea that adding more of everything makes soil healthier.
Use it when the matching protocol identifies that job and the linked protocol explains the conditions. If a soil report applies, use its findings to decide whether this belongs on your site at all. If you do not have the relevant reading yet, ask Cure Soil to set the rate instead of guessing. Where a label applies, follow that label.
Do not use it simply because another garden needed it. Too much of an input can crowd out another nutrient, stress the soil's living community, or hide a water problem. For living products and extracts, also keep oxidizers such as bleach and chlorine away: they kill the organisms you meant to bring into the soil. Check the warnings in the matching protocol before combining anything.
To tell whether it helped, note the reason you chose it, then compare the same bed and the same relevant report measure next round. Look for the expected change in the roots, soil or measured shortage rather than declaring success from a single greener leaf. If the signal did not move, pause and reassess before repeating the application.
Price coming — ask us
Used in: Cover cropping
Diverse multispecies mix
Christine Jones style: grasses, legumes, brassicas and forbs.
Use, soil benefits and cautions
Diverse multispecies mix is christine Jones style: grasses, legumes, brassicas and forbs. This is the role it plays in the Cure Soil approach. The reason to use it is the job described here, not the idea that adding more of everything makes soil healthier.
Use it when the matching protocol identifies that job and the linked protocol explains the conditions. If a soil report applies, use its findings to decide whether this belongs on your site at all. If you do not have the relevant reading yet, ask Cure Soil to set the rate instead of guessing. Where a label applies, follow that label.
Do not use it simply because another garden needed it. Too much of an input can crowd out another nutrient, stress the soil's living community, or hide a water problem. For living products and extracts, also keep oxidizers such as bleach and chlorine away: they kill the organisms you meant to bring into the soil. Check the warnings in the matching protocol before combining anything.
To tell whether it helped, note the reason you chose it, then compare the same bed and the same relevant report measure next round. Look for the expected change in the roots, soil or measured shortage rather than declaring success from a single greener leaf. If the signal did not move, pause and reassess before repeating the application.
Price coming — ask us
Used in: Cover cropping
Legume inoculant
Legume seed goes on with the right inoculant.
Use, soil benefits and cautions
Legume inoculant is legume seed goes on with the right inoculant. This is the role it plays in the Cure Soil approach. The reason to use it is the job described here, not the idea that adding more of everything makes soil healthier.
Use it when the matching protocol identifies that job and the linked protocol explains the conditions. If a soil report applies, use its findings to decide whether this belongs on your site at all. If you do not have the relevant reading yet, ask Cure Soil to set the rate instead of guessing. Where a label applies, follow that label.
Do not use it simply because another garden needed it. Too much of an input can crowd out another nutrient, stress the soil's living community, or hide a water problem. For living products and extracts, also keep oxidizers such as bleach and chlorine away: they kill the organisms you meant to bring into the soil. Check the warnings in the matching protocol before combining anything.
To tell whether it helped, note the reason you chose it, then compare the same bed and the same relevant report measure next round. Look for the expected change in the roots, soil or measured shortage rather than declaring success from a single greener leaf. If the signal did not move, pause and reassess before repeating the application.
Price coming — ask us
Used in: Cover cropping
Seed rates: set by Cure Soil.
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