Nutrafix Micronutrient Fertilizer

NutraFix® Micronutrient Fertilizer is an innovative and patented fertilizer product formulated to restore micronutrient availability to perennial grassland plants and to increase soil organic matter by promoting the growth of long-lived and deep-rooted perennial grasses. Through natural soil-based (edaphic) processes, nutrient additions are further cycled and enhanced by soil microorganisms, fungi, and insects, allowing late-successional plant life to thrive while outcompeting early successional species that are intolerant of the nutrient-rich soil solution. The Edaphix® discovery that promoting micronutrient fertility in nutrient-depleted soil, results in rapid increases in vigor and density of desirable plants, accelerating plant succession. Secondary benefits include augmented infiltration caused by improved granular soil structure, leading to diminished runoff and increased soil water content. In companion, improved soil biological activity increases levels of dissolved organic carbon, fueling further microbial activity and mobilization of nutrients, thereby, restarting the near-dormant process of soil-building and nutrient cycling in unhealthy soil. Degraded and low-productivity soil may be caused by many factors, including, but not limited to, climate change, overgrazing, fire, floods, and development. Natural soil-building processes commonly require hundreds, if not thousands, of years to develop an inch of soil. Waiting for natural soil renewal and rebuilding is beyond human time scales. NutraFix represents a new tool in the land manager and grassland health practitioner toolbox for empowering natural soil processes that lead to healthy soil and healthy perennial vegetation communities.