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LifeForce Base Blend

A do-it-yourself, living fertiliser, to restore productive life to unproductive soils. Based on a combination of minerals, humates and microbes that are spread out in layers and then pushed up into a pile before addition of freshly brewed Nutri-Life 4/20 microbes. The pile is then reworked and left sitting for two weeks.

This blend provides three microbe-supportive, natural fertilisers, which serve as a home base and breeding medium for an inoculum of task specific microbes. Soft rock phosphate, Nutri-Mate Organic Humates and paramagnetic basalt are combined prior to an inoculation of Nutri-Life 4/20 (a blend of beneficial microbes).

The synergy between these four components involves the following: The insoluble calcium, phosphate and trace elements in soft rock phosphate and the water-retaining clay that this material comprises, act as a food and home base for the microbes, which, in turn, solubilise the phosphate component. The organic carbon in the humates also houses the beneficials, which solubilise the insoluble humic acid found in the humates. Finally, the paramagnetism of the basalt facilitates more vigorous cell division of microbes, which, in turn, solubilise the insoluble minerals in the basalt. The end result is a living fertiliser, which has proven tremendously effective in the field.

The Life-Force® Blend can be supplied in its component parts for the manufacture of an inexpensive D.I.Y fertiliser, or it can be supplied in a pre-blended form.

Benefits

• Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA) Registered Product 456AI.
• Improves soil structure.
• Increases beneficial soil life activity.
• Builds organic carbon levels.
• Improves biological balance with all of the associated benefits.
• Improves yield and crop quality. 

40kg bag $22.26inc + delivery (Oct 08)

1 tonne of 40kg bags $392.60inc + delivery (Oct 08)

Bulka bag $334.60inc + delivery (Oct 08)

Bulk loose $311.60inc ex Kingaroy (Oct 08) 

Deepwater NSW 2003 Trial

Scott Macansh of Deepwater Station, Deepwater, employed a field monitoring service (Agricultural Information & Monitoring Services, Guyra) to measure and assess the benefits of cell grazing sheep and cattle. 2-Mile paddock was selected as the trial site, and was divided into two 14 hectare sites, 2M1W and 2M1E. Each paddock is stocked at 3000 DSE for 1-2 days, then rested for 40 - 80 days. Each December a soil test is taken along permanent transects in each paddock, and each December and May vegetation is assessed for % coverage, basal density and plant biodiversity. 

During the first two years both paddocks had no fertilisers added, but in 2003, Scott decided to trial an application of LifeForce Base Blend on 2M1W with some optional extras to help maximise the effect based on a soil test (see below).

Minerally, there was an overall improvement in the LifeForce Base Blend trial site (2M1W) compared to the Control (2M1E), and when also compared against past soil tests for 2002 and 2001, where soil samples from both paddocks had been combined, the LifeForce trial indicated substantial increases in zinc, potassium, calcium, organic matter and the CEC (see * in Table 1), and to a lesser extent pH, phosphorus, sulfur and iron (see bold in Table 1). And these results were then backed up with a recorded 30% increase in pasture biomass.

Graman NSW 2004 Trial

Jim and Judy Hain of Burmah, Graman, decided to trial some LifeForce Base Blend blend on a poor performing pasture paddock beside the house, and as with Deepwater Station, no visual differences were noted during the year, but the same trends in their mineral analysis are showing up again a year later, with substantial increases in zinc, potassium, calcium and the CEC, but this time an increase in phosphate was also substantial.

40kg bag @ $22.26inc + freight (Nov 08)

1 tonne of 40kg bags @ $392.60inc + freight (Nov 08)

1 tonne bulka bag @ $334.60inc + freight (Nov 08)

Bulk loose @ $311.60inc + freight (Nov 08)

Nutri-Phos Guano (Granules)

Fossilised seabird droppings offer a combination of soluble and slow-release phosphate in combination with dense mineralisation. Available in powdered or granular form.

Nutri-Phos Guano contains 13% phosphorus, which will not lock up and become insoluble. It also contains 30% calcium and good trace element levels, including 1400 ppm of zinc. Nutri-Phos Guano is an excellent option for inclusion in planting blends as 30% of the citrate soluble.

Reactive rock phosphate can take two years to release its phosphorus load, and in alkaline soils it will never become plant-available. Nutri-Phos Guano, by contrast, combines rapid-release characteristics with a controlled release pattern, to ensure adequate phosphate supply throughout the season.

Benefits

• Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA) Registered Product 456AI.
• Combines rapid-release characteristics with a controlled release pattern, to ensure adequate phosphate supply throughout the season.
• Ideal for use as a granulated starter P.
• Contains a significant percentage of citrate-soluble phosphate and can be used as a highly effective starter phosphate. Almost one third of the 13% phosphorus content of Nutri-Phos Guano is citrate-soluble.
• Cadmium-free - unlike chemically treated commercial phosphates, which contain problem levels of the heavy metal cadmium, Nutri-Phos Guano is virtually cadmium-free.
• Has tremendous potential for cost-effective supplementation of live stock, as it contains less than 0.2% flouride.
• Ideal for organic growers seeking a soluble phosphate kick-start. 

 25kg bag $49.00inc + freight (Nov 08)

1 tonne of 25kg bags $1457.94inc + freight (Nov 08)

Bulka bag $1488.40inc + freight (Nov 08)

Nutri-Phos Soft Rock Phoshate

A colloidal calcium phosphate that can never lock up, in stark contrast to other phosphate sources. This exceptional fertiliser includes 10% phosphorus, 24% calcium, 26% silicon and a rich lode of trace elements. A microbe friendly bio-phosphate, which is an integral part of our soil regeneration program. This is one of the few phosphate sources that do not have problems with the heavy metal cadmium and it becomes plant-available in a fraction of the time involved with reactive rock phosphate.

25kg bag $25.20inc + freight (Nov 08) 

1 tonne of 25kg bags $599.63inc + freight (Nov 08)

Bulka bag $498.19inc per tonne bulka bag + freight (Nov 08)

Bulk loose $422.95inc per tonne bulk ex Kingaroy (Nov 08)