PRESCRIPTION • READ PH, EC, REDOX, BRIX, NUTRIENTS, BIOLOGY, ROOT MOISTURE, AND PLANT APPEARANCE TOGETHER BEFORE CHANGING A FORMULA • PRESCRIPTION • READ PH, EC, REDOX, BRIX, NUTRIENTS, BIOLOGY, ROOT MOISTURE, AND PLANT APPEARANCE TOGETHER BEFORE CHANGING A FORMULA •
PRESCRIPTION • SCALE AMOUNTS TO THE ACTUAL AREA • CORRECT MEASURED DEFICIENCIES WITH MODEST DOSES • OBSERVE AND RETEST BEFORE ADDING MORE • PRESCRIPTION • SCALE AMOUNTS TO THE ACTUAL AREA • CORRECT MEASURED DEFICIENCIES WITH MODEST DOSES • OBSERVE AND RETEST BEFORE ADDING MORE •
NUTRIENT KNOWLEDGE • WORM CASTINGS SUPPORT A GENTLE MICROBIAL BASE AND SLOW NITROGEN RELEASE • ALFALFA MEAL SUPPORTS STEADY CANOPY AND ROOT DEVELOPMENT • FEATHER MEAL BREAKS DOWN OVER WEEKS FOR STEADY NITROGEN • BLOOD MEAL IS A CONCENTRATED NITROGEN SOURCE THAT CALLS FOR CAREFUL MEASUREMENT • NUTRIENT KNOWLEDGE • WORM CASTINGS SUPPORT A GENTLE MICROBIAL BASE AND SLOW NITROGEN RELEASE • ALFALFA MEAL SUPPORTS STEADY CANOPY AND ROOT DEVELOPMENT • FEATHER MEAL BREAKS DOWN OVER WEEKS FOR STEADY NITROGEN • BLOOD MEAL IS A CONCENTRATED NITROGEN SOURCE THAT CALLS FOR CAREFUL MEASUREMENT •
NUTRIENT KNOWLEDGE • FISH BONE MEAL PROVIDES PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM FOR ROOTS, FLOWERS, AND FRUIT • KELP MEAL ADDS TRACE MINERALS AND SUPPORTS STRESS RECOVERY • LANGBEINITE PROVIDES POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM, AND SULFUR • GYPSUM ADDS CALCIUM AND SULFUR WITHOUT SHIFTING PH • OYSTER SHELL FLOUR SLOWLY RAISES PH • ELEMENTAL SULFUR GRADUALLY LOWERS PH • NUTRIENT KNOWLEDGE • FISH BONE MEAL PROVIDES PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM FOR ROOTS, FLOWERS, AND FRUIT • KELP MEAL ADDS TRACE MINERALS AND SUPPORTS STRESS RECOVERY • LANGBEINITE PROVIDES POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM, AND SULFUR • GYPSUM ADDS CALCIUM AND SULFUR WITHOUT SHIFTING PH • OYSTER SHELL FLOUR SLOWLY RAISES PH • ELEMENTAL SULFUR GRADUALLY LOWERS PH •
COVER CROPS • LEGUMES BUILD NITROGEN • BUCKWHEAT GIVES FAST COVER AND PHOSPHORUS SUPPORT • DAIKON TAPROOTS HELP OPEN COMPACTED SOIL • COVER CROPS • LEGUMES BUILD NITROGEN • BUCKWHEAT GIVES FAST COVER AND PHOSPHORUS SUPPORT • DAIKON TAPROOTS HELP OPEN COMPACTED SOIL •
COVER CROPS • MATCH REGION, ELEVATION, CURRENT WEATHER, AND FORECAST • PROTECT DRAINAGE IN WET GROUND • CHOP BEFORE SEED SET • COVER CROPS • MATCH REGION, ELEVATION, CURRENT WEATHER, AND FORECAST • PROTECT DRAINAGE IN WET GROUND • CHOP BEFORE SEED SET •
NEAT PLANT FACT • CORN WAS SELECTIVELY BRED FROM TEOSINTE BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS • SWEET POTATO STORAGE ROOTS HELPED COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEAN SEASONS • NEAT PLANT FACT • CORN WAS SELECTIVELY BRED FROM TEOSINTE BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS • SWEET POTATO STORAGE ROOTS HELPED COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEAN SEASONS •
NEAT PLANT FACT • GINGER IS A RHIZOME, AN UNDERGROUND STEM RATHER THAN A TRUE ROOT • HIBISCUS CALYCES MAKE THE TART RED DRINK KNOWN AS BISSAP, SORREL, KARKADE, AND AGUA DE JAMAICA • NEAT PLANT FACT • GINGER IS A RHIZOME, AN UNDERGROUND STEM RATHER THAN A TRUE ROOT • HIBISCUS CALYCES MAKE THE TART RED DRINK KNOWN AS BISSAP, SORREL, KARKADE, AND AGUA DE JAMAICA •
TRADITIONAL USE • GINGER HAS BEEN BREWED FOR DIGESTIVE COMFORT • CHAMOMILE HAS A LONG CALMING TRADITION • CALENDULA PETALS WERE INFUSED INTO SKIN SALVES AND WASHES • TRADITIONAL USE • GINGER HAS BEEN BREWED FOR DIGESTIVE COMFORT • CHAMOMILE HAS A LONG CALMING TRADITION • CALENDULA PETALS WERE INFUSED INTO SKIN SALVES AND WASHES •
TRADITIONAL USE • WILLOW BARK WAS PREPARED FOR EVERYDAY ACHES • SLIPPERY ELM MUCILAGE WAS USED TO SOOTHE IRRITATED TISSUE • ARNICA IS FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY AND NOT FOR BROKEN SKIN • TRADITIONAL USE • WILLOW BARK WAS PREPARED FOR EVERYDAY ACHES • SLIPPERY ELM MUCILAGE WAS USED TO SOOTHE IRRITATED TISSUE • ARNICA IS FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY AND NOT FOR BROKEN SKIN •
FIELD LOOP • OBSERVE • MEASURE • CHOOSE THE SMALLEST USEFUL CORRECTION • APPLY • WATCH THE PLANT • RETEST • FIELD LOOP • OBSERVE • MEASURE • CHOOSE THE SMALLEST USEFUL CORRECTION • APPLY • WATCH THE PLANT • RETEST •