How to Find Good (Safe) Mulch + Chemicals Can Grow Lots of Food

Oct 27, 2025

Welcome to episode 267 of Growers Daily!

We cover: finding good mulches, the (somewhat false) productivity of conventional agriculture, and the changing landscape of farming information.

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Decreasing N fertilizer Increases Soil Bacterial diversity: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11278655/#:~:text=Competition%20for%20nutrients%20is%20prevalent,equation%20models%20(Figure%20S3).

 

Chemical fert effects on microbes: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1198

 

A good metaanalysis on the subject: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092913932200066X

 

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