Think Spring Now...Seedbed Preparation Begins in the Fall

Maximize the rate of fall soil detoxification and reduce the challenges of chemical pesticide carry-over and toxins that are released during residue breakdown.

Apply the Stubble Digester program to arm and activate your soil with microbial decomposers that attack these toxic substances and cleanse the soil in preparation for the next spring.

Act Now - Spring microbial activity needs to be focused on supporting the seed germination process and nutrient management for seedling growth - not on cleaning up after the previous crop. Soil microbes will have double duty if residue decomposition is not started in the fall.

2003 Seedbed Preparation Begins This Fall with BioFlora's Stubble Digester Fall Program

Send Disease and Insect Pests Packing

Plant residue harbors insects and disease organisms, and provides the ideal home needed for over wintering. Decompose the residue now and expose these pests to the harsh winter, which can reduce their population levels in the soil.

Beneficial bacteria and fungi can out-compete disease organisms for the nutrients that are stored in the residue of the host plant. Increasing the beneficial soil populations now means more competition for the disease organisms next spring.

Turn 2002 Residue Into 2003 Crop Yields and Quality

Capture Money Left In Your Field After Harvest
Activate the Soil's Microbial Banking System

The most valuable input for next year's crop production is what is left in the field behind the combine. Recycle that residue this fall to release and boost the level of stored nutrients that can be readily available to the plant next spring.

In wheat production, up to 50% of applied N fertilizer is still immobilized in crop residues, soil, organic matter and microbial biomass at the end of the growing season.

150 bushel of wheat residue hold approximately 50# N that can be made available through microbial decomposition. This process needs to occur in the fall to prevent spring tie up of nitrogen by the microbes during initial stages of plant growth. If nutrients are unavailable for seedling development, the overall growth and yield potential can be greatly reduced.

Nitrogen is necessary in the Stubble Digester to speed microbial decomposition, hold carbon in the soil, and form humus.

Spring nitrogen applications can be reduced by the amount added to the residue the previous fall.

Successful fall residue decomposition can optimize nutrient efficiency in the spring.

Maximize Soil Quality & Efficiency

Move to a Higher Performance Level

Soil Building is the Result of Microbial Activity

Today's residue becomes tomorrow's soil through microbial decomposition. A successful breakdown process will result in a soil profile with improved tilth, soil aggregation, pore space and water holding capacity. This process must take place to move soil to higher performance level.

Timeliness in Field Work and Planting is Crucial to Maximizing Overall Profit Potential

• Maximize the rate at which soil warms in the spring
• Soil temperature is very important in deciding when to put seed in the ground
• Do not let this year's layer of residue delay field activity next spring, or force planting into cold or wet soils. These conditions contributed to slower seed germination, seedling diseases, and increased levels of root disease and compaction. Reduce residue now, which acts as a blanket of insulation, keeping the cold and moisture in, and the warmth of the sun out.

The overall Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties in Next Spring's Seedbed begin with BioFlora's Stubble Digester program this fall.

Residue Management Program

Residue - The Energy Potential Left After Harvest

Unlock the secret to future crop performance that is in the golden residue left behind the combine. Managing the recycling process is the key to efficiently capturing the energy potential in every particle that falls back to the soil. In many ways, the process that releases that energy contributes to and effects the growth process of future crops.

Implement a Program With Future Profit Potential

The Stubble Digester can be applied preceding or during tillage operations and should be done as soon as possible after harvest.

Speed microbial decomposition by chopping the residue to reduce the size and expose the edges. Residue contact with the soil speeds the decomposition process.

BioFlora Stubble Digester Greenhouse Study

Well fertilized wheat stubble was cut into 2" and 4" lengths for this study.

BioFlora's Stubble Digester is a product that quickly goes to work breaking down crop residue. Our research indicates that Stubble Digester increased yields, increases soil humus, and improves soil tilth, as demonstrated by measurements with a penetrometer.

BioFlora Stubble Digester Study

This 4 year green house study was on wheat stubble. The stubble used contained 11/2% nitrogen.

No treatment in the fall leaves 55% of the straw to plague the grower during the spring season. With a stubble digester program and adequate nitrogen only 19% of the straw remains.

Let's Talk Results

BioFlora's research program over a ten year period includes over 400 field test plots on seven major crops. The BioFlora fertilized fields showed record yield and quality response over 90% of the time and with over a 10% salable increase compared to non-biological fields.