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JOSH BYRNE: One thing I'm always banging on about is rock minerals....
Some rock minerals... a little bit of rock minerals...a little bit of rock minerals...and rock minerals
...and there's a reason why. Here in Perth, on the Swan coastal plain, I'm gardening on some of the worst agricultural soils in the world and as an organic gardener who's keen on building up
the soil to grow productive plants, I use things like compost and aged manures for body and nutrients, but also this stuff.
Now contrary to popular belief, it's more than just crusher dust. In fact, it's made from a blend of carefully selected rocks and mixes things like basalt and gypsum and lignite and rock
phosphate and these are ground up into a very, very fine dust and then they're prilled to form these little pellets to make it easier to scatter and when they're wet, they dissolve into a
fine just again. But there's something more... it's also been inoculated with a range of microbes and it's these microbes, when they come back alive, are what convert the minerals into a
plant-available form and that's why it's so good and that's why I want to keep on banging on about it!
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"One thing I'm always banging on about is rock minerals - and there's a reason why," says Josh. "Here in Perth, on the Swan coastal plain, I'm gardening on some of the worst agricultural
soils in the world. As an organic gardener who's keen on building up the soil to grow productive plants, I use things like compost and aged manures for body and nutrients, but also rock
minerals."
"Contrary to popular belief, it's more than just crusher dust. It's made from a blend of carefully selected rocks like basalt, gypsum, lignite and rock phosphate. They are ground up into a
very, very fine dust and then they're 'prilled' to form these little pellets to make it easier to scatter. When they're wet, they dissolve into a fine dust again."
"There's also something more - it's also been inoculated with a range of microbes. The microbes, when they come back to live, are what convert the minerals into plant-available forms. That's
why it's so good and that's why I want to keep on banging on about it!"
"One thing I'm always banging on about is rock minerals - and there's a reason why," says Josh. "Here in Perth, on the Swan coastal plain, I'm gardening on some of the worst agricultural
soils in the world. As an organic gardener who's keen on building up the soil to grow productive plants, I use things like compost and aged manures for body and nutrients, but also rock
minerals."
"Contrary to popular belief, it's more than just crusher dust. It's made from a blend of carefully selected rocks like basalt, gypsum, lignite and rock phosphate. They are ground up into a
very, very fine dust and then they're 'prilled' to form these little pellets to make it easier to scatter. When they're wet, they dissolve into a fine dust again."
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