[Expand Your Knowledge] Pay attention to soil health, starting from you.

Soil is a precious agricultural natural resource. The level of crop yields and the amount of harvests largely depend on the fertility of the farmland soil. Once the soil structure and the plough layer of the soil are damaged, and the soil quality deteriorates, crops will be like trees without roots and water without a source. It will not only be difficult to achieve high yields, but also reduce the service life of cultivated land. Only by attaching importance to the protection and improvement of the soil and avoiding soil deterioration can crops achieve high yields and high efficiency.

The granular structure of the soil, the organic matter, and the soil microorganisms form an organic system that interacts with and influences one another, determining the fertility level of the soil and the quality of the soil environment.

The granular structure of the soil provides storage space for organic matter and a living environment for soil microorganisms. At the same time, organic matter and microorganisms also affect the formation and maintenance of the granular structure. Without abundant organic matter and microorganisms, it is difficult for the granular structure to persist. Between organic matter and microorganisms, organic matter must be transformed by soil microorganisms before it can be absorbed and utilized by plants. Without microorganisms, organic matter cannot be transformed and utilized. The survival and source of nutrients (food) for microorganisms, in turn, rely on organic matter. Therefore, to manage and repair damaged soil, it is necessary to focus on three aspects: the restoration of the granular structure, the enhancement of organic matter, and the replenishment of microorganisms.

Soil deterioration is mainly reflected in aspects such as soil compaction, soil salinization, soil flora imbalance, and soil acidification.

Reasons for the Formation of Soil Compaction
The insufficient organic matter in the soil, and the excessive application of nitrogen fertilizers while neglecting the application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, lead to serious damage to the soil granular structure. This reduces soil air permeability, decreases the activity of aerobic microorganisms, and slows down the soil ripening process, thus causing soil compaction.

Harm Caused

The harm of soil compaction to crops is twofold. Firstly, it is difficult for the roots to penetrate downwards. Secondly, even if the roots can penetrate, the phenomenon of waterlogging of roots will occur due to the excessively low oxygen content in the soil.
Solutions

Increase the application amount of organic fertilizers and reduce the application amount of chemical fertilizers; practice water-saving irrigation and try to use surface water; promote the returning of crop straws to the field, advocate no-tillage farming, and reduce soil erosion; use soil conditioners.

Soil salinization

Reasons for Formation

Long-term excessive application of chemical fertilizers, insufficient application of organic fertilizers, and an unreasonable proportion of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers lead to an increase in salt ions in the soil. This hinders the normal water absorption of the roots, affecting the growth of plants. The aggravation of soil salinization further obstructs the normal water absorption of the roots and impacts the growth of plants.

Harm Caused

Due to the increase in soil salinity, crops have difficulty absorbing water, resulting in poor root growth and reduced stress resistance. Crops are prone to "physiological drought" and may die. Because there are too many soluble salts in the soil, the osmotic potential increases, which reduces the soil water potential, leading to a lack of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrients and restricting the growth of crops. In more severe cases, it can lead to salt damage and the death of crops.

Solutions

Increasing the application of organic fertilizers, balanced fertilization, returning crop straws to the field, turning over and pressing green manure and forage grass, and using humic acid fertilizers can improve saline-alkali soil, achieving the effects of desalination and soil fertility improvement.

Soil flora imbalance

Reasons for Formation

Some of the biological bacteria in the soil are beneficial bacteria, which can improve the environment for root growth. There are also some harmful bacteria, which can cause soil-borne diseases, leading to the death of seedlings and plants. Due to high-intensity intensive farming, a high multiple cropping index, and a large amount of fertilizers and pesticides used, the soil granular structure is damaged. The number of harmful bacteria in the soil is increasing, while beneficial bacteria are not replenished, resulting in an imbalance of the soil flora.

Harm Caused

It can lead to soil compaction, acidification, salinization, poor permeability, inability to retain water and fertilizers, nutrient deficiency, exhaustion of soil fertility, and the occurrence of soil-borne diseases, etc.

Solutions

Increase the application of microbial inoculants, compound microbial fertilizers, biological organic fertilizers, etc.

Reasons for the Formation of Soil Acidification

Excessive use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers and physiologically acidic fertilizers leads to an increase in acidic substances in the soil, resulting in soil acidification.

Harm Caused

Soil acidification will inhibit root development, aggravate soil compaction, making it difficult for roots to extend. The ability to generate new roots is weak, and it is difficult to slow down the growth of seedlings. It is easy to form old and small trees and stunted seedlings. Soil acidification can also lead to a significant reduction in the absorption and utilization rate of most medium and trace elements, and serious nutrient loss. In an acidified soil environment, a large number of harmful microorganisms in the rhizosphere multiply, and the population of beneficial soil microorganisms changes.

Solutions

Fertilize scientifically, use high-nitrogen chemical fertilizers in an appropriate amount or reduce their use; increase the application of organic fertilizers, and use biological organic bacterial fertilizers that can regulate the soil pH value to cultivate microorganisms and improve the soil structure, preventing acidification and compaction; supplement medium and trace element fertilizers; spread lime and plow the land every other year. (Source: Internet)

Small Tips: Yishizhuang Organic Fertilizer

1. Improve the soil structure, enhance the soil's water retention, fertilizer retention, temperature increase, and air permeability. Improve the nutritional environment of crops, increase the utilization rate of fertilizers, reduce pollution, and protect the environment.
2. The content of fulvic acid reaches more than 10%. It can promote the flow of protoplasm in plant cells, reduce the transpiration of crops, play an important role in drought resistance, and improve the stress resistance. It has good water solubility and takes effect quickly, and can be rapidly absorbed and utilized by plants. The fruits expand quickly, have a good color, promote early market entry, and significantly improve and enhance the nutrition and quality of crops.
3. It has comprehensive nutrition. It not only contains N, P, K nutrients, but also contains medium and trace elements such as calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, and boron. One-time fertilization can meet the requirements of crops for multiple elements, making up for the deficiencies of long-term application of inorganic fertilizers. Improve soil compaction, enhance the nutrition and quality of agricultural crops. It contains natural insect-repelling ingredients and can effectively prevent and control soil-borne diseases and pests.
4. With a high content of organic matter, it promotes the formation of granular structure, increases the number of beneficial microorganisms in the soil, enhances soil fertility, and increases the utilization rate of fertilizers by more than 20%. It can promote the rooting of seedlings and significantly increase the yield of crops. It is a necessary nutrient supplement for the use of chemical fertilizers, and can eliminate the soil acidification and compaction caused by the long-term application of inorganic chemical fertilizers.

      Yishizhuang Organic-inorganic Compound Fertilizer

1. The fertilizer effect is fast, stable, and long-lasting, and the nutritional components are comprehensive. It improves the deficiencies of slow fertilizer effect and low nutritional components when only organic fertilizers are applied. At the same time, it also overcomes the defects of short fertilizer effect and incomplete nutrients of inorganic fertilizers.
2. Enhance the resistance, increase the content of nutrients such as protein, amino acids, and sugars in crops, and significantly improve the quality of agricultural products.
3. It is convenient to use and saves investment. It can meet the nutrient requirements of crops without the need to supplement other fertilizers.
4. It has a significant yield increase effect, increasing the yield by about 25% compared with single-nutrient fertilizers. Activate the activity of microorganisms, accelerate the formation of a good micro-ecological environment, enhance the fertilizer effect, and increase the utilization rate of fertilizers.

       Yishizhuang Biological Organic Fertilizer (Water-soluble Flush Organic Fertilizer)

1. Comprehensive nutrition: It is rich in yeast-derived active organic matter, quick-acting nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrients, and a large number of medium and trace elements.
2. Fertilizer saving: It acts directly on the root hairs or leaves of crops, reducing fertilizer waste and saving 20%-40% of fertilizers.
3. Water saving: It is quickly soluble, has a quick effect, and leaves no residue. According to the water demand characteristics of crops, dissolving it in water enables crops to quickly absorb nutrients.
4. Labor saving: It is a high-quality fertilizer with high-efficiency absorption. It reduces labor input and labor intensity, and is convenient for application and transportation. It can be sprayed, flushed, or drip-irrigated, and will not block the nozzles and pipelines.
5. High efficiency: The characteristics of quick solubility and the combination of organic-inorganic-microbial three effects.

     It plays a magnifying effect of "inorganic protects organic, organic promotes inorganic, and biology integrates the two". It can effectively ensure continuous fertilizer supply, improve the soil, prevent compaction, and enhance the stress resistance of crops such as drought resistance, waterlogging resistance, lodging resistance, and cold resistance. It strongly inhibits the reproduction and growth of various disease-causing bacteria and fungi, and relieves diseases, pests, fertilizer damage, and pesticide damage. The product is non-toxic, pollution-free, and has no side effects, and significantly improves the yield and quality of crops. Significantly increase the yield of agricultural crops.
      Water-soluble Fertilizer Containing Fulvic Acid (Balanced Type)

1. Scientific formula and comprehensive nutrients. Based on the super-concentrated plant nutrient solution, the content of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium reaches 20%. At the same time, it is rich in water-soluble humic acid, active microorganisms, biological growth-promoting factors, amino acids, nucleic acids, proteins, and other beneficial components. It not only meets the nutritional needs of crops in various growth stages but also is conducive to the accumulation of secondary metabolites of crops, improving the quality and taste of crops.
2. Activate the soil and improve soil fertility. The humic acid in this product has an activation effect on a variety of microorganisms and enzymes in the soil, promotes the metabolism and growth and development of microorganisms, can effectively buffer the soil pH, improve the soil's water retention, fertilizer retention, and ventilation capacity, improve the soil structure, and cultivate soil fertility. The plant nutrient solution not only contains a large number of beneficial microorganisms but also can provide sufficient nutrients for the beneficial microorganisms in the soil, expanding the population of beneficial bacteria, thereby releasing active substances that promote plant growth, achieving the improvement of crop quality and yield increase.
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4. Enhance immunity and resist diseases. Humic acid has obvious effects on preventing and treating diseases such as wilt disease, verticillium wilt, downy mildew, and root rot, and can reduce the amount of pesticides applied and lower the pesticide residue. The amino acids and proteins rich in the plant nutrient solution can promote the vitality of crop roots and the growth of root hairs, improve the absorption capacity of roots, promote photosynthesis and strengthen the leaf protective film, increase the chlorophyll content, thereby achieving the effects of water retention, drought resistance, and enhancing stress resistance.