Solum

How?

Give your packet a shake to evenly distribute the contents before sprinkling, this is a mix of pellets and finer particles, so they make layers very easily within the packet.
Sprinkle 1 packet evenly across 1 square meter of your garden.
If your garden is mulched, pull mulch aside and then sprinkle on top of the soil. If your garden is already pumping and you are layering your inputs, feel free to keep the mulch in place and just sprinkle on top before adding more mulch. In regards to layering, we've found it beneficial to add a tiny bit of Solum in the plant hole at planting time.
Make sure you’ve got a deep and loose soil, it can be beneficial to sprinkle on top of the soil and then fork the garden gently. This will help the minerals and the manure get down deep into the soil. Some nutrients work their way down into the soil very easily (Nitrogen for example) whereas others are very slow moving and need some help (Calcium for example). By sprinkling and then forking, we get nutrition down deep at the plants roots where we want it.

Why?

Ensure a full range of nutrients is present in your soil. Plants require a full range of nutrients to thrive and build immunity to pests and diseases. Solum features a nice wide range of nutrients which are proven to go well in our Toowoomba region soils.
Give your plants the chance to have deep and rich green growth with beneficial nutrients like Nitrogen and Potassium.
Supply your microbes with food they need to thrive. Microbes and enzymes also require certain trace elements to do their work of supplying our plants with even better uptake of nutients.
Manures and minerals are both crucial elements to build soil, so in combining these together, we are partnering with nature to build abundant soil in our own gardens.

Ingredients

Interested in what we put in this magic mix? Read on!

Manure Pellets

These have been a mainstay for many an organic garden. Manure is processed in with a bunch of beneficial minerals, then dried and extruded into these handy, small pellets. Manure is an amazing food for your garden, supporting the growth and thriving of many beneficial soil microbes. Our manure pellets have the best nutritional range we've seen on the market, with a wide range of nutrients present to make sure everything is there and ready for your plants to thrive.

When these manure pellets are combined with beneficial biology, they break down into absolute deliciousness for your garden.

Crusher Dust

An integral part of our red soil environment, blue basalt rock makes up much of the rock layer in our region. Erosion, weathering and soil usage eventually means most of the goodness moves away. One of the ways soil has been formed is through the eventual erosion of rock layers to create an abundant, nutritious layer in which plants can thrive. Plants and organisms then grow, die off and eventually transform those rock nutrients into beautiful soil. We can help speed this process along by harvesting that rock, crushing it finely and applying it through our garden to grow plants. And it just so happens that this rock is absolutely beautiful for the vast majority of our Toowoomba Region.

Gypsum

Gypsum is also as Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, is an elemental combination of Calcium, Sulfur, Oxygen and Hydrogen. But don't let the chemical talk scare you off, it's an organic mined mineral and is amazing for clay soils. The Calcium and Sulfate (the Sulfur + Oxygen combination) cling to the clay particles in your soil and stop them from clumping, thus creating a more loose and friable soil.