Insect Frass as a Fertiliser and Crop Quality Enhancer
What Exactly is Insect Frass? Okay, deep breath: insect crap, insect dung, insect excrement, insect exudate, insect faeces, insect guano, insect manure, insect poo, insect poop, insect scat, insect...
Seaweed Extract: An Age-Old Solution to a Modern Growing Problem
Leaves clawing downwards, burnt tips and margins, necrotic spots, interveinal chlorosis and stunted growth—it only takes a ten-minute tour of social media these days to discover ample evidence of s...
Unearthing the Hidden World of ‘Soil Fuzz’: Your Guide to Beneficial Actinomycetes Organic growers and living soil enthusiasts understand that healthy, fertile soil is alive, teeming with billions ...
Living Soil: Is it Just an Organic Potting Mix Product or is it a Process?
Let’s dive deep into the fascinating world of organic living soil! This beginners’ guide will help you to realise the full potential of an indoor living soil ecosystem, even if you’ve never grown w...
How Organic Growing Techniques Produced a Record-Breaking Onion
Here at Ecothrive, we’re still buzzing with excitement. Firstly, we’d like to heartily congratulate Gareth on this incredible achievement. We are delighted and proud that one of our esteemed custom...
Let me take you back to a rainy Tuesday morning in February when I was working my way through our info@ecothrive.co.uk inbox. It was full of the usual emails asking advice about using our products,...
How To Make Living Soil At Home
As passionate growers, we want to be able to share our knowledge about growing the living soil way. You may know already that Eco-Life is our premium ready-to-use living soil, we have worked extens...
Depressed? Go play in the dirt.
Research has shown that soil bacteria could improve mood by boosting the immune system just as effectively as antidepressant drugs. Is growing your own organic food and spending more time in green ...