Marvin1982 - 12/19/2025 22:10



If you are using biologicals just to see if it will increase bushels, you are using them wrong. First you need to do a soil biology test to see what is missing or what is getting out of balance. It is just as important to balance your biology as it is to balance your fertility. In my experience in testing fields, a lot of us are low on fungal, coincidentally that is the hardest thing to increase in your soils, especially if you do tillage every year and routinely use fungicides and insecticides every year. I have seen the tests and basically a guy has to decide if he is going to farm chemically or biologically. The problem with farming chemically, is eventually chemicals won't work as good. You will have to do more and more passes due to adaptation by the diseases or due to the plants not being able to build their own natural defenses. It takes biology to do that. Plus chemical farming is getting more and more expensive every year. Also another reason why weeds are harder to kill. Soil mycorrhiza suppress weeds. Weeds are able to build their defense systems better making them able to build resistance to chemicals. Build biology in your soil and you will be able to kill weeds a lot easier.