Bunny’s Diary

octor Elaine Ingham () has been researching soil for four decades. She believes it’s soil microorganisms such as fungi, protozoa, bacteria and microarthropods that make soils great for growing – not fertilisers. Daniel Tyrkiel). He sells an inoculant called Goop. Last Christmas I applied this to my raised beds, which, having been made largely of green waste, were probably high in bacteria and low in many microorganisms. The growth this year is outstanding. I’ve seen the results of experiments with tomatoes grown in pure sand or pure sand plus Goop and the increase in growth was around 300%. Now I’m treating my roses too. Additionally, no-dig practices and adding compost are advocated to boost microorganism levels.