[HN Gopher] Soil bacteria could improve crop yields, via fungi
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       Soil bacteria could improve crop yields, via fungi
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2021-04-06 20:12 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | chasebank wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_natural_farming
        
       | RangerScience wrote:
       | This is the lived thesis of
       | https://www.instagram.com/flavorkit/channel/?hl=en who's sort of
       | a travelling amateur farmer (in the sense of self-educated
       | through love of the topic) and constantly talking about soil as
       | an ecosystem and the _very_ important role fungus plays in that
       | ecosystem.
       | 
       | She's an excellent person to follow if you want to apply this
       | stuff to your home gardening.
        
         | solomonb wrote:
         | This has been a huge topic in permaculture and organic
         | gardening circles for a while.
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         | A major proponent of the 'soil food web' is Dr. Elaine Ingham
         | who has written a ton on the topic. From a more intuitive and
         | less scientifically 'rigorous' angle you have Korean Natural
         | Farming techniques where you sample 'indigenous microbes' from
         | healthy natural environments and then introduce them into your
         | garden.
        
           | vram22 wrote:
           | KNF seems to be based on basically based on the same
           | principles as Dr. Ingham talks about, if you take a high
           | level view.
        
       | vram22 wrote:
       | Dr. Elaine Ingham has done a lot of work on this, and talked
       | about it a lot, too, at conferences and in videos. I had
       | mentioned her and a brief gist of her work in an HN thread about
       | no-till, some months ago, here:
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24828524
       | 
       | Her claims are huge. It would be great if they were true. And
       | they may be, based on her arguments and research.
       | 
       | Check out her video, The Roots of Your Profits.
        
       | pneumonic wrote:
       | > 'Among the hyphae microbiomes were... "bacterial predators"
       | that kill and eat other bacteria by causing them to burst and
       | release their contents.'
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       | This occurring at the surface of the hyphae may provide phosphate
       | and nitrogenous compounds that the fungus can absorb.
        
       | say_it_as_it_is wrote:
       | Jeff Lowenfels wrote three books about soil enrichment that you
       | may find interesting.
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       | 1. Teaming With Microbes: The Organic Gardener'Guide To The Soil
       | Food Web
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       | 2. Teaming With Nutrients: The Organic Gardener's Guide to
       | Optimizing Plant Nutrition
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       | 3. Teaming With Fungi: The Organic Grower's Guide to Mycorrhizae
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       | http://www.jefflowenfels.com/
        
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