Farm Rietfontein
Portion 6 LS 743
Polokwane
LIMPOPO Province
South Africa
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Cellphone: 078 847 8018
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To improve yield we recommend proper no tilling soil preparation through the yearly application of 8 cubic meters/hectare compost and on top of that ground cover preceding planting.
One particular aspect of South African conditions is the need for ground cover, 5cm to 10 cm insulating organic material is typically needed between rows of crops to protect the soil from the sun and to keep the moisture from baking out.
Many parts of South Africa, like Limpopo or the Free State or Northwest, receive some of the highest solar radiation on Earth. Without ground cover, the soil bakes even under shade cloth. When the soil bakes crops can die and the microbiome is damaged. In our experience applying microbes to baking soil has little effect.
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ORGANIC SOLUTIONS
Organic farming is a method of crop and livestock production that involves much more than choosing not to use pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics and growth hormones.
MICROLIFE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Microlife Landbou Mikrobes – Agricultural Microbes are a tool that assists the land steward in achieving sustainable and productive.
NO TILL FARMING
The science of no-till farming, compost instead of chemicals, and high impact short duration grazing are farming tools used in obtaining organic crop certification.
EFFECTIVE MICROORGANISMS RESEARCH ORGANISATION
The breakthrough was the discovery that when microorganisms of all types are combined to a point where they are in balance with each other, plants and animals thrive just like their wild counterparts.
CROP ROTATION
Crop rotation is recommended along with other strategies such as alternating for example rows of watermelons with rows of leeks, or some spring onions amongst the brocolli. This will go a long way in preventing populations of certain types of microbes to explode creating disease conditions.