| Article: | Soil solarization Would you be interested in destroying virtually every kind of harmful insect egg and larvae in your garden’s soil? What if the process was easy, cheap and carried many other benefits along with it? Solarization is a simple, five step process that kills insects, plant diseases, nematodes, harmful fungi and even weed seeds. Also, at the same time benefiting helpful microorganisms in the soil, possibly due to lack of competition. Soil that has been solarized allows plants to draw on the nutrients easier especially nitrogen, calcium and magnesium. Seeds germinate quicker. Plants grow faster and stronger, some even mature faster leading to much bigger yields than in unsolarized soil. |
