Testimonials and results

" My farm is in the Maresma area, in Catalonia, we farm 4 hectares in total, 1.5 hectares in greenhouses and 2.5 hectares outdoors. We are dedicated to the production of vegetables, more specifically spinach, chard, and radishes. About two and a half years ago, we tested BACTÉRIOSOL on a few plots, those that were most affected by fusarium and pythium.

From the first application, we saw that the attacked plants were doing better andthattheywere of better quality. Subsequently, we made other applications, the plots are gradually recovering and getting better. We used it because all the chemicals we tried did not work, it was useless, there was such a level of infection that it was impossible to sow anything.

Finally, we chose this alternative and it works. On plots where almost nothing was harvested, after one year and several applications, 90-100 % of the production was reached. Now the quality is perfect! There are no problems, it’s like a virgin field. The recovery is total, it is a slow recovery, it is not overnight, you must be patient. This makes it possible to clean up very infected plots in a year, a year anda half, and toharvest 100% ofthe production.

Before BACTÉRIOSOL, with chemicals, it was the opposite, when a field was infected, it was treated by fumigation or other chemicals. We were wasting a lot of money and harvesting a little less each time, until it was impossible to sow without applying products.

With BACTÉRIOSOL it’s the opposite, we forget about chemicals, we don’t use them at all, we apply BACTÉRIOSOL and it improves within a year, a year and a half.

Then, we are careful to do as few treatments as possible, when there is a plot with a lot of grass, we apply a little herbicide, but it is not systematic. The first effects of BACTÉRIOSOL we saw were on spinach. In fact, after it was applied,spinach grew but remained very small, rickety. The next ones sprouted with different vigour and when they reached the middle of their cycle, they started to grow again and reached the same point as those who had first grown.

It’s a process that allows you to ramp up and, at the end of production, you get to the same point. Before BACTÉRIOSOL, spinach, in this case, would not have developed, would have remained tiny, would not grow, and would end up dying.

COMMENTS FROM CHRISTOPHE FREBOURG, INDEPENDENT SOIL EXPERT

"The two trenches have the same soil origins with identical agronomic potential. The digging of the SOBAC trench reveals a much less compacted and darker earth. We notice strong odours of mushrooms while the CONTROL pit is odourless. The depth was limited to 1.30m as a safety measure because the CONTROL pit had significant potential to collapse.

The SOBAC trench could have been dug to 2 meters being richer in clay. All this is confirmed by the observations and measurements carried out in the presence of Mr. Riera Malet. The pH is almost regulated in the SOBAC trench with a variation which went from 1.5 to 0.2. The pH of the soil is almost reached. This evolution is due to a very large improvement in biological fertility. The aeration, porosity and management of water bound by humification has more than tripled and the compaction was reduced by 21.1%. The root system is denser, and its health status is improved. The roots are well rounded which optimizes the supply of soil solution.

All these improvements have a very positive impact on the dynamics of soil functioning, namely : greater bioavailability of all minerals storedthroughout the profile. For example: K +O2 + Bacteria = K2O potassium oxide assimilated by plants. The same applies for all minerals, except phosphorus which needs mycorrhizae and fungi: P + O2 + mushrooms = P2O5 naturally absorbable phosphoric anhydride even with a pH different from 7. All forms of organic matter evolve better and faster into humus. We then see an accelerationof the creationof humic acids, fulvic acids and humin which reinforces the action of root exudates to attack the sand and create newly formed clay. This increases the volume of useful land, therefore the natural reserves ofthe soil. In just 3 years, the depth of the topsoil has increased by 35 cm (81 vs 46), which makes more than 4 500 t of more soil per hectare.