Rewild Biological Amendments
It starts with a good compost - your source of microbes.
We make microscope-verified and DNA-tested biologically complete compost. This means the compost contains a high abundance of active and beneficial bacteria, fungi, protists and nematodes. At our forested homestead, we hand-make craft composts, and custom-blend the composts to cater our recipes towards the successional stage of your plants.
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We have three liquid biology recipes: Green Tea (for early-successional plants including grasses and brassicas), Garden Ex (for mid-successional plants including flowers, vegetables and productive pastures), and Perennial Ex (for vines, shrubs and trees). Our Perennial Ex comes with a side of mycorrhizae to make sure your plants develop those essential symbiotic relationships!
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Our teas and extracts are concentrated, to be mixed with water and applied as a soil drench at 10gal/acre. They can be used as a liquid seed coating at 5g/kg and as a foliar application undiluted
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Compost Extracts - Rewild Soils with a Well-balanced Soil Food Web
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Extracts gently transfer a curated community of microbes from compost to liquid solution — a true mirror of the compost’s biology.
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Use for​​
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Soil drenches
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Seedling/root zone inoculation
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Ecosystem restoration projects
Successional options
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Early Succession — Bacterial focus for grasses, annuals and vegetables
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Mid Succession — Balanced biology for diverse crops
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Late Succession — Fungal-rich for perennials and long-term health
Compost Teas - Boost Beneficial Bacteria Exponentially
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Teas are brewed from extracts with targeted foods to encourage microbial multiplication — especially beneficial bacteria.
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Use for
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Early successional plants and systems
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Foliar support
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Short-term biological boosts​​​
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Pricing and Application Rate
Pricing for our teas and extracts is variable by volume.
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$14/L
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$100/15L
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$200/95L
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Ask us about custom sizes and recipes!
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Rewild Biological Inoculants - teas, extracts and compost
Compost Tea Brew Kits
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A Complete Soil Food Web
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All of our compost, teas, and extracts are regularly tested using SFW microscopy to confirm they meet Dr. Elaine Ingham's Minimum Requirements for Biologically Complete Compost.​
Figure 1 shows bacterial dominance in our three compost blends used to make our Early, Mid, and Late-successional recipes. Bacterial biomass decreases, while fungal biomass increases - allowing us to customize the F:B ratio for your plants successional needs.​
Our summary of 20+ microbial reports on our composts also shows good biomass and diversity of bacterial-feeding nematodes, fungal-feeding nematodes, predatory nematodes, and beneficial protozoa (amobae and flagellates)​.
Teaming with beneficial bacteria​​​​
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Our 3 compost tea and 3 compost extract recipes have been DNA tested and have high biodiversity and richness, containing:
• ~1,000 bacterial species including N-fixing rhizobacteria
• ~400 fungal species
• dozens of protist and nematode species
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Figure 2 shows known beneficial microbe groups highlighted with lines. The orange line represents the Rhizobales, the Purple is Actinobacteria, the Blue is Bacilli, and the green includes Psedumonas, Burkholdaria and Flavobacterium. These beneficials represent over half of the microbial population. You can read more about our DNA sequencing analysis on our blog post here.
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Figure 1. Box plot showing average bacterial biomass in our three compost blends
Figure 2. Krona plot showing bacterial groups (from Kingdom and Phyla on the inside, to Genus on the outside), using DNA sequencing of our compost extracts.
Our composts, compost teas and extracts are regularly checked under the microscope
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Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizae are root-associated fungi. Since there are no roots growing in our composts - we are not able to actively grow mycorrhizal fungi. In addition, mycorrhizal fungi do not grow in compost teas/extracts.​
The fungus colonizes root tissues, extending hyphae into the soil to dramatically increase water and nutrient absorption (especially phosphorus) for the plant, while receiving carbohydrates (sugars) in return.
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Mycorrhizae are found in over 80-90% of plant species. These include all trees, most shrubs, native plants including grasses, and orchids. Some non-mycorrhizal plants include brassicas (cabbages), spinach, beets and blueberries.
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We strongly recommend pairing liquid biological amendments with a mycorrhizal inoculant for optimal microbial establishment.​ Talk to us about adding Root Rescue to your next order, or purchase below
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