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Improving Sandy Soils

Earthlife have been helping improve sandy soils for 25 years! The big issue we face trying to grow gardens in sand is that there is no structure. With no structure there is no moisture retention

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Soil Amendments vs Soil Conditioners

Which is best?  Some consider soil amendments to be products that are added to change a soils characteristics, such as gypsum and lime, and soil conditioners are added to improve the physical structure, such as

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Soil conditioning for planting

Good soil structure is achieved when a number of elements are brought into balance. Garden Mate provides essential biology and mineral elements for this to be accomplished. Soil texture is often determined by the ratios

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Increase Pest Protection

All our products contain over 60 mineral elements. In the photosynthesis process with more minerals available the plant is now able to build complex sugars/carbohydrates in the leaves which are unpalatable to insects as opposed

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Reduce Water Usage

By using our products in your soil, we are adding the minerals that are missing, which improves soil structure. This allows more water into the soil, and is held more available into the root zone.

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Improve Soil Balance

When a plant begins to show signs of deficiencies, insect or fungal attack, or even starts to look like its dying, this is a clear indicator of poor soil health.   Consider a fish in

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Maximize Plant Nutrition

Intensive cultivation and erosion caused by wind and water, has caused significant soil degradation that has had an adverse impact in the agriculture arena (Senate Document No. 264, 1936.), which will continue unless addressed. Some

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