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Enhanced Plant Growth & Bio-Accelerated Composting (Patents Pending)
Commercial growers have access to products that add specific beneficial fungi and bacteria to a soil mix, growing bed, or crop (inoculants). It is reported by some that these microorganisms help prevent disease, increase plants' tolerance to stress, and increase their vigor. Some farmers and crop growers have claimed that these products even increase plants' cold tolerance. These products are available as a powder to mix with water and add to soils or as granular material that is mixed with water and added to soil. Some of these products are mixed with nutrients that also increase the number of existing microorganisms.
GBI scientists and engineers have developed a method of enhancing plant growth and seed germination by introducing butane into a soil profile. The method has also been modified to enhance natural composting processes.
Butane enrichment increases the indigenous microbial populations in soil within the region of plant growth (the rhizosphere). In addition, Butane-utilizing Bacteria™ fix nitrogen. Butane enrichment results in an increase in microbial populations that may serve direct and obvious benefits such as increased nutrient uptake, faster root development, reduced heat, drought, and cold stress, accelerated root development and speed of plant growth.
GBI scientists and engineers have also developed a bio-accelerated composting unit modified to include air and butane injections to speed up the composting process. The unit is ideal for residential homes and small commercial facilities.
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