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Tuesday October 16, 2018 The Goal How are We Vegetating Now? Strip topsoil and stock pile it up until the end of the project Compact the ground (with heavy equipment) Spread topsoil back out Apply erosion control, seed, and

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Tuesday – October 16, 2018

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The Goal

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How are We Vegetating Now?

  • Strip topsoil and stock pile it up until the end
  • f the project
  • Compact the ground (with heavy equipment)
  • Spread topsoil back out
  • Apply erosion control, seed, and fertilizer
  • Sometimes water…
  • Follow up care / maintenance ?
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Is importing topsoil really needed for establishing vegetation & controlling erosion?

The Biotic Approach Asks…

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We can get grass to GERMINATE on ANYTHING…

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Typical Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Topsoil

“Use easily cultivated, fertile topsoil that is free from objectionable material, has a high resistance to erosion, and is able to support plant growth. Secure additional topsoil, if necessary, from approved sources”

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What is Topsoil?

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If we’re adding topsoil to add organic matter, but organic matter is < 5% of topsoil, that means what?

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Conventional approach to revegetation The New Brunswick DTI - Provincial Standard specifies a minimum of 4 inches

  • f topsoil. To achieve this requires the transport and management of 36 tandem

dump trucks per acre loaded with 15 cubic yards of soil in each.

Biotic Approach to Revegetation

The Drawback of Topsoil

Add Only What is Needed!

1/2

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The function of organic material, or biotics, is soil improvement. They should promote natural microbial activity, and natural topsoil forming processes - the hallmarks of healthy vegetation-supporting soil systems.

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What Sources of Organic Materials are Available?

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Compost: a great organic matter but in the tendering and low bid

system is inconsistent and fraught with poor quality products. In other words, you can compost anything.

Garbage in a Compost Log

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Why Peat Moss?

This photomicrograph of a peat moss particle shows it’s natural capillary and porous structure (natural sponge). It increases the water and nutrient retention as compared with any other source of

  • rganic matter (compost, manure, wood,

etc.) The peat absorbs water and nutrients and avoids the leaching and loss of nutrients to the environment.

Why is it the most popular green house growing medium in the world?

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE

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Putting it All Together

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Beneficial Soil Fungus / Mycorrhizae

ROOTS ARE LARGER CREAM COLORED STRANDS LIGHTER COLORED FINER STRANDS ARE ALL MYCORRHYZAE This mycorrhizae convert and transport the nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium the plants need into a form they can easily take up, and they eat (thus creating a symbiotic environment) by feeding off of the sugars (also called exudate) that the plants produce in their roots.

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Biotic Earth Black

  • 60% Sphagnum Peat Moss
  • 40% Straw with Flexible Flax Fiber
  • Mycorrhiza and Bacteria
  • Tricontonal Growth Stimulant
  • Micro Nutrients
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Use on soils where:

  • There are minimal to no organics
  • There is little to no soil structure
  • Application will occur over the

subsoil

  • A moderate level of erosion

control is required

  • There is a concern for invasive

species - 100% Weed Free

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Milner Ridge Manitoba, Canada

  • Government of Manitoba
  • Medium security jail
  • 70,000 square meter waste water pond

PROBLEM Very sandy material Marginal natural topsoil – not reclaimable

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Milner Ridge Project

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3900kg/ha 3,500 lbs/acre

Milner Ridge Manitoba

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2 weeks later..

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3 weeks later…

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7 weeks later…

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13 weeks later…

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14 Months later…

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Effects of mycorrhizea (a strong root system)

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Biotic layer mimics the natural O horizon

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5 years later…

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Case Study – Slope, Saint John, NB

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Low grade soil with poor organics

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FRM Application

(Fibre Reinforced Matrix)

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Completed FRM Application

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BSA – Sample Specification

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Questions ? Follow up ?? Thank you !

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