This thread gave me a headache.
I have some ideas for folks:
Start a compost pile.
Get some rock dust.
Raise worms.
Stop buying products.
You cannot buy your way, or engineer your way, to Humic soil conditions.
At some point you must realize that processes are taking place that science cannot yet replicate or control.
You can go head to head with Mother Nature, and pay the costs, constantly working to maintain a healthy soil,
or you can work WITH Mother Nature, and let her do most of the work.
Your LOCAL microlife will literally blow in with the wind to populate your compost pile. They will crawl from a nearby hole in the ground to move in to your constant buffet. Mycorrhizal fungi are EVERYWHERE on the planet.
The amendments this thread is full of destroy the most fundamental benefit of Mycorrhizae. (surprise educational keyword: Glomalin)
Teas are a last ditch effort to save a crop when the health of the soil breaks down.
Used when not needed, they are like a massive hurricane to the microlife.
Fresh, finished compost is Mother Nature's way of supplying nutrition to the soil.
Any amending, or fortification, should take place in the compost pile, NOT the growing medium.
This thread should be about the amending and fortification of a compost pile.
It should mention final results of efforts taken place WELL before the growing season.
Mycorrhizal fungi work best when the soil is allowed to develop before planting, because spores must germinate, hyphae must spread, and Glomalin must be excreted from Hyphae to create the environment for Humic soil, before the life can move in and populate the soil in a healthy manner.
I'm going to get an aspirin and take a nap.
(No heat and only a little sarcasm intended
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I will explain soil science in a story format, if it helps...