Holistic Nutrition for Plants and People
Nutrition Farming Podcast
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The Role of Clay in Compost Production
Clay I think is a huge opportunity for for compost producers and it links back to exactly what we're just talking about in terms of soil carbon stabilization. That dead microbial necromass that gets stuck to and adhered to the clay colloids to the clay surfaces this chemical attraction chemical stabilization we can repeat or mimic or replicate the exact same thing in a compost pile by having that clay, he says. soft rot phosphate if you need phosphate it's also got 26% silica and calcium and quite a good load of trace minerals along with the potential of helping form some of those clay crumb which is Zigfried Lukey's great contribution to composting science.
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