Organic Soil Management Practices
USDA-Certified Organic Field
The 2019 hemp crop is grown on a USDA-certified organic field. The soil on this field has been sustainably managed for over 100 years as a perennial cow pasture. The soil is teeming with life and nutrients from years of expert knowledge and dedication to natural soil building techniques. Chemical fertilizers and insecticides have never been used during this field's life, and we have a strong commitment to never using them in the future. We use "no-till" techniques, cover crops, compost teas, organic nutrients, and loads of natural microorganisms to create the healthiest soil possible for our hemp plants to thrive in.
No-Till
We apply this permaculture practice by committing to tilling as little as possible. Less disturbance allows soil life to thrive in its natural structure, promoting sustainable growth of beneficial soil microorganisms.
Cover Crops
We shy away from monoculture farming, which can cause plant pathogens and lead to poor soil health. By utilizing cover crops, we protect bare soil, add green manure to the field, attract beneficial insects, and increase diversity amongst plants and living soil organisms. We planted dozens of rows of turnips, radishes, oats, sunflowers, rapeseed, and peas.
Integrated Livestock Grazing
Seasonal rotations of cattle grazing allows nutrients to cycle back into the soil and feed soil microbes with an essential carbon source.
The 2019 hemp crop is grown on a USDA-certified organic field. The soil on this field has been sustainably managed for over 100 years as a perennial cow pasture. The soil is teeming with life and nutrients from years of expert knowledge and dedication to natural soil building techniques. Chemical fertilizers and insecticides have never been used during this field's life, and we have a strong commitment to never using them in the future. We use "no-till" techniques, cover crops, compost teas, organic nutrients, and loads of natural microorganisms to create the healthiest soil possible for our hemp plants to thrive in.
No-Till
We apply this permaculture practice by committing to tilling as little as possible. Less disturbance allows soil life to thrive in its natural structure, promoting sustainable growth of beneficial soil microorganisms.
Cover Crops
We shy away from monoculture farming, which can cause plant pathogens and lead to poor soil health. By utilizing cover crops, we protect bare soil, add green manure to the field, attract beneficial insects, and increase diversity amongst plants and living soil organisms. We planted dozens of rows of turnips, radishes, oats, sunflowers, rapeseed, and peas.
Integrated Livestock Grazing
Seasonal rotations of cattle grazing allows nutrients to cycle back into the soil and feed soil microbes with an essential carbon source.
100% Organic Soil Biology
It's simple: We will never put poison on medicine.
We only appy 100% organic soil amendments to invest in the long-term health and life of the soil.
Harmful, chemical pesticides are NEVER used on anything we touch.
Below, you can find every single soil amendment, tea, and conditioner we have used on the 2019 crop.
Harmful, chemical pesticides are NEVER used on anything we touch.
Below, you can find every single soil amendment, tea, and conditioner we have used on the 2019 crop.
Sol Mountain Farm Compost Teas
Our special in-house compost tea comes from some of our best piles of compost right on the farm! It nourishes our hemp plants with nutrients and beneficial microorganisms such as nematodes, protozoa, bacteria, and fungi. We make special blends of compost teas depending on the life stages of the plant. Early in the season we create compost tea blends that promote root growth for a strong foundation. Mid-season blends help with the vegetative growth for optimal plant structure. In the final stages of maturity, our flowering blends help set beautiful buds on our plants.
Soil Balance Pro
Soil Balance Pro is an organic, 62-strain microbe tea specifically designed for hemp that colonizes and regenerates on plant roots. The secondary metabolites created by these microbes increase CBD production, decrease THC, improve terpenes (flavor and aroma), and improve plant growth overall. The developers at Kind Roots created this product by researching the microbes that co-evolved with the hemp plant over generations. The microbes take life in the soil, and the plants among the fields are stimulated to produce more oils, absorb more nutrients, and enhance its terpene profiles. Just one gram contains 61 trillion CFU's of microorganisms!
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SP-1 Biological
SP-1 is a soil conditioner that enhances the rhizosphere environment through microbial action. What does that mean? It stimulates a diverse soil microbial life right along the zone of the plant's roots and the soil. This conditioner is a naturally-derived broad-spectrum microbial with additional specific beneficial organisms, which enhances the productivity of soils by improving the bacterial profile of the root/soil zone.
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Spectrum
Spectrum Soil amendment contains a multiple species blend of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and other beneficial plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPs). This specially formulated soil inoculant enhances and restores beneficial soil microbe populations to augment the natural organic processes that occur in healthy soils.
Spectrum PSB
Spectrum PSB is a phosphorus solubilizing bacteria that help make phosphorus available for plant uptake and increase bud production. Phosphorus is an essential nutrient required for plant growth that is generally present in the environment, but largely unavailable for uptake by the plant. Phosphorus that is present in the soil, both naturally and applied through fertilization, tends to dissipate quickly by leaching into water, becoming biologically bound in organic forms, or forming insoluble complexes which the plant cannot process. The phosphorus solubilizing bacteria (PSB) found in Spectrum PSB break down these bound or insoluble forms of phosphorus, making them available for use by the plant.
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Spectrum+Myco
Spectrum+Myco is a blend of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi that work symbiotically with plans and bacteria.
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What is Mycorrhizal Fungi?
The term Mycorrhizal — which literally means fungus (myco) root (rhyzo) — refers to the symbiotic relationship between certain fungi and plant roots. These fungi receive sugars from the plant, and in return, aid the plant in the uptake of water and nutrients in the soil.
The Mycorrhizal fungi form branch-like structures called hyphae, which extend the surface area of root hairs to provide greater access to resources available in the soil. Hyphae are smaller than root hairs, and therefore able to penetrate further into the soil to seek out minerals and moisture. When the resources in the immediate area are depleted, the hyphae simply extend further into the soil to find new supplies.
Mycorrhizal Fungi + Beneficial Bacteria
With the increased usable surface area provided to the plant by the Mycorrhizal fungi, the plant has greater access to the nutrients present in the soil; and by adding the Tainio blend of plant growth promoting microbes, those nutrients are broken down through enzymatic action, facilitating easier uptake by the mycorrhizal fungi. The soil bacteria also benefit from the enzymes secreted by the mycorrhizal fungi. A symbiotic relationship is formed wherein plant, mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria all benefit and flourish.
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What is Mycorrhizal Fungi?
The term Mycorrhizal — which literally means fungus (myco) root (rhyzo) — refers to the symbiotic relationship between certain fungi and plant roots. These fungi receive sugars from the plant, and in return, aid the plant in the uptake of water and nutrients in the soil.
The Mycorrhizal fungi form branch-like structures called hyphae, which extend the surface area of root hairs to provide greater access to resources available in the soil. Hyphae are smaller than root hairs, and therefore able to penetrate further into the soil to seek out minerals and moisture. When the resources in the immediate area are depleted, the hyphae simply extend further into the soil to find new supplies.
Mycorrhizal Fungi + Beneficial Bacteria
With the increased usable surface area provided to the plant by the Mycorrhizal fungi, the plant has greater access to the nutrients present in the soil; and by adding the Tainio blend of plant growth promoting microbes, those nutrients are broken down through enzymatic action, facilitating easier uptake by the mycorrhizal fungi. The soil bacteria also benefit from the enzymes secreted by the mycorrhizal fungi. A symbiotic relationship is formed wherein plant, mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria all benefit and flourish.
100% In-House Drying and Curing
We do everything ourselves! We plant, grow, harvest, dry, cure, and package all of our hemp products ourselves. |
Medicine for the People
From raw hemp flower to healing salves and tinctures, we produce and craft a variety of hemp and CBD products. |