Sunday, May 2, 2021

Fungal Compost by David Johnson Bioreactor: Fungus is secret to soil Carbon Sequestration: a 25 times increase in Carbon storage in soil!!

 

. New data in vegetable cropping systems from NMSU Institute for Sustainable Agricultural Research (ISAR), however, suggests that when using fungal dominated composts much smaller amounts are necessary for positive effects on soil carbon and nutrient availability. Dr. David Johnson and his co-workers found that when the fungal:bacterial ratio increased to 5:1, compost application as low as 400 lbs/acre might be sufficient.
  Johnson documented that during an agricultural field study lasting 4.5 years, there was a 25-times increase in active soil fungal biomass and an annual average capture and storage of 10.27 metric tons soil C ha-1 year (approximately 38,000 pounds of CO2 per acre per year). That’s 20-50 times the currently observed soil carbon increase in the 40 equivalent no-till soils tested.

 

 https://thenaturalfarmer.org/article/making-fungal-compost/

 He explained to us his remarkable success growing crops in New Mexico using a fungal compost or inoculant of his own devising. The key to making it is to aerate the compost without turning it, since turning destroys the fungal hyphae. His process allows the fungi to grow undisturbed throughout the compost so that, when it is done, it can be spread thinly on soil with every portion inoculating the soil with viable fungal life.

 https://www.csuchico.edu/regenerativeagriculture/bioreactor/david-johnson.shtml

 podcast interview with David Johnson

 Fungal Compost bioreactor playlist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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