MicroSoil functions as an effective and economical soil additive, based upon sound scientific principles and premises. Listed below are the major basic principles and the relationship which MicroSoil has to the overall soil ecosystem and crop production. It is more helpful and realistic, to think in terms of the soil solution rather than only the water or moisture found within the soil. The nitrogen in the ammonia is in a form not readily available for use by green plants. Nitrifying bacteria changes the ammonia form of nitrogen to nitrites and nitrates.
Nitrates are the most available form of nitrogen to plants.
The combined forms are then ultimately available to green plants. Higher plants cannot use atmospheric nitrogen until this process occurs. These organisms are essential to all other plants such as crops, pasture grasses, trees, etc., because they provide a usable form of nitrogen which could otherwise not be obtained. The only other alternative is the addition of commercial chemical fertilizers which are more costly, less efficient in the delivery of the nutrient to the plant, environmentally less desirable, and are not considered to be sustainable for the necessary period of time. When populations of favorable microorganisms are increased to the level that MicroSoil provides, there is a corresponding level of heightened biological activity within the soil profile.