Organic Soil Fertility Management

by Gilman, Steve; Langer, Jocelyn; Magdoff, Fred

• ISBN13: 9781931498289
• ISBN10: 1931498288
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co

Summary

Soil is a living organism that loves to cooperate with farmers and gardeners. A green thumb will appear on those who align themselves with its health and requirements. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Steve Gilman is a NOFA member and farmer in New York State

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The Dust Bowl
Organic fertility
Scientific reductionism
Committing biocide
Redemption
The Soil Habitat	p. 1
Room and board
Solubility
Holding on to humus
Soil to burn
Sustaining Soil Fertility	p. 11
Testing, 1, 2, 3 ...
May the force be with you
Trace elements and rock dust
Soil limitations
Aggregation
The Soil Foodweb	p. 21
New tools, new view
Colonization
Pipelines
Bacterial/fungal balances
Doing the mineralization math
Soil degradation
Ag implications
Crop Nutrient Availability and Deficiency	p. 29
pH
Soil depletion
Nitrogen
Hunger signs in crops
Nitrogen deficiency
Phosphorus shortage
Potassium starvation
Calcium
The Farmers' Footsteps	p. 41
Genetically modified soil organisms
Search and research
Beneath our feet
Notes	p. 49
Bibliography	p. 51
Index	p. 53
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