Nutri-Cycle, a targeted 27 strain microbial product, has been designed to make row crops and cover crops grow bigger, encroach deeper into the soil and generate bigger yields. It contains both spore-forming and vegetative strains of bacteria, as well as fungi. Nutri-Cycle mines nutrients bound as insoluble salts from the soil such as phosphorus, potassium and other micronutrients. It also sequesters nitrogen through a process called nitrogen fixation from the ground, as well as the atmosphere, and feeds it to plants.

Many of the organisms in Nutri-Cycle have been demonstrated in peer reviewed journals to increase yield and size of plants including stalks, leaves and root systems. It demonstrates the “additive effect” of using multiple strains of biofertilizer organisms. These organisms coat the root systems of plants and create a biofilm, or slime layer, that actually becomes part of the plant and protects the plant from harm. At the same time, it feeds the plant various nutrients that are essential for growth.

In the soil, the microbes degrade organic matter into smaller pieces of nitrogen and carbon that plants can absorb and transform into tissue. This process also reduces compaction in the soil, allows for better water retention and alleviates stress from drought conditions. In addition, the microbes are able to decompose hydrocarbon residues that are left behind from herbicides and pesticides that have an oil backbone. When the hydrocarbons are degraded, the root systems are then able to penetrate through the “hard pan” into the soil much deeper. This bioremediation process enables the plant to access previously inaccessible nutrients and also drill deeper into the moisture rich layers of soil. Nutri-Cycle also is able to degrade crop residues year over year and thus accelerate addition of organic matter to the soil. This process creates a “compounding yield effect” that produces increased yields each year with subsequent treatment.