The Science of Water Management by Microorganisms
Rarely does a dry land grower have just the right amount of water for plant and turf
management; usually there is too little or too much water.
Some growers with irrigation systems are interested in reducing their irrigation usage.
The following information presents the science and the in the field experience with
Quantum Growth’s ability to manage and to produce water.
Too Little Water:
- In stress and or drought conditions, photosynthetic bacteria in the Quantum Growth
products can manufacture water. The cells can combine oxygen and hydrogen to make
water at a rate of up to 0.74 grams of water per gram of substrate. - Plants and turf are dependent on beneficial soil fungi ( Mycorrhizia ) in order to
grow. The fungi is like an underground sponge. The bacteria in Quantum Growth
feed this sponge creating an underground water reservoir. - The bacteria in Quantum Growth are like small balloons, further increasing water
storage at an estimated rate of 200,000 gallons per 2.47 acres of soil. - The bacteria can move water up or sideways in order to support a host
plant. Without these soil bacteria the water will follow gravity and move
below the plant’s root system. - The bacteria in the Quantum Growth products create sugar, thus
increasing sandy soil’s ability to hold water molecules to it.
Dr. E. E. Lindstrom, University of Wisconsin “Photosynthetic bacteria are
known to carry out the reaction; 2H2 + C02 = ( CH20 ) + H20
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Field Experience: Golf courses using Quantum Growth in their ferigation
systems have reported on average a 30% reduction in water usage.
Too Much Water:
An in-the- field experience.
MB Webb Farms in Tifton, Georgia. Randall Webb planted 9 acres of
squash at his home farm and 16 acres on a nearby plot. After several weeks
Tift County received 22 inches of rain over a period of two weeks. The
heavy spring rains were followed by drought conditions.
Webb reported the 9 acres that had been treated with Quantum Growth not
only survived but were actually looking pretty good given the two extreme
growing conditions. He cleared over $ 2,000 per acre on the acres of
zucchini that were treated. The key to our results wasn’t that the yields were
anything to brag about, but that we had a crop at all. My experience with the
product was easy to sum up; ”the acres that were not treated were a total
loss and the treated acres produced zucchini”.
Reason: The microorganisms in Quantum Growth release oxygen into the
soil to keep it from becoming septic.
Dr. John Lindstrom, John’s Bacteriology 102
C02 + 2H20 = CH20 + H20 + 02
The Use of Reclaimed Water and storm Water
Sewage treatment plants while efficient are unable to produce sterile water.
Reclaimed water contains concentrated hormones, viral histones, and low
levels of active bacteria that pass through the system.
Research has shown that reclaimed water can contribute approximately 40
lbs of nitrogen per acre per year. Users of reclaimed water would need to
take this into account in their application of NPK.