... because I don't wanna sound like I'm crazy, but I also wanna understand what people generally do in this kinda area.

Yeah.

No, I'm with you 100%.

I would... and which w- when I plant corn and beans, I'm getting just the cheapest stuff they got.

I don't want anything on it.

I would rather take my chances with, um, diseases or insects and just deal with it rather than buy, you know, insecticide on there, fungicide.

Um, I'm not terribly worried about nematodes in my area, so I don't have to worry about that.

Um, could you just talk a little bit about that? What, what actually happens in those situations? Are you converting that to some, you know, a available form of nutrient for a plant? Like, what- what's, what's happening with these sprays that guys are putting on these fields to break down that thatch layer so it's got more, um, highly available food, or I would just say food available at a higher rate or at a sooner period, rather than later into the next six, eight, 10 months later? What, what's the theory there?

And again, maybe that seems a little bit natural or holistic, but I want your perspective on this because I don't want to sound like I'm crazy, but I also want to understand what people generally do in this kind of area.

No, I'm with you 100%.

When I plant corn and beans, I'm getting just the cheapest stuff they got.

I don't want anything on it.

I would rather take my chances with diseases or insects, and just deal with it rather than by insecticide on their fungicide.

I'm not terribly worried about nematodes in my area, so I don't have to worry about that.

But for the most part, I'm there right with you.

Could you just talk a little bit about that? What actually happens in those situations? Are you converting that to some, you know, material? available form of nutrient for a plant like what what's what's happening with these sprays that guys are putting on these fields to break down that thatch layer so it's got more highly available food or i would say food available at a higher rate or at a sooner period rather than later into the next six eight ten months later what's the theory there

Like, what's the purpose behind that, and should you use it really in all soil contexts, you know, high CECs, low CECs, or sandy or clay soils? What's, what's the thought process around that?

Yeah.

So, I mean, exactly like you said.

So every nutrient has a charge, and if we think about that and we think about soil being negatively charged, if...

And that's why you talk about phosphorus is the, you know, the biggest one everyone talks about.

You go put a lot of phosphorus down, you're gonna see it immediately on your soil sample 'cause it's gonna jump way up.

Because as soon as you put an unprotected source of phosphorus down, it's going to tie up in your soil, and it's going to tie up with calcium most likely, and y- you'll see that in your sample.

Yeah

Now, do you have like a humic or carbon spray that you would recommend that you either offer or suggest people utilize if that's something that, you know, they either want to complex nutrients as they add them in the soil, or are some of the products that you already have complexed, you know, synergized with some of those humics so they're easily absorbed? Is there something there to think through? Yeah.

Yeah, and I guess this is where we'll take our big sidestep and kind of get off topic a little bit and talking about, I guess, what I've been up to and what had happened.

So I was with a different company before, and that company is still, I mean, I'm going to say their products are the second best because I spent a lot of time and we made sure ours were better.

But that company still has phenomenal products.

They're great guys.

It was just kind of didn't see eye to eye as far as going forward.

So we split ways, and I partnered with a new company now.

And so just maybe some thinking around that topic so people can wrap their heads around, hey, this is important to look at the elements of my soil sample and not just focus on one particular topic like phosphorus as an example.