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EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer is a vital part of a proper nutrient plan, along with other soil health management practices, such as garden plant rotation, mulching and pest management. For overall soil health management, EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer has many properties that ultimately help soil to be more efficient and more productive. 

With enhanced water infiltration and soil health, roots grow deeper. Our research has shown that plants may require up to 30% less irrigation water while maintaining or improving yields. Less water equals less expense and a reduction in overall pressure on water supplies.

EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer can improve soil health by helping aggregate soil particles into pods or small clumps. These pods loosely aggregate together creating pore spaces that allow water to infiltrate. After treatment with EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer products, your soil will hold more water.

Sodic (salty) soils are characterized by poor drainage, poor structure and crusting due to a high level of sodium ions on clay particles that cause the soil particles to disperse. EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer can be used as an amendment to improve soil health by replacing the sodium with calcium. The calcium allows the soil to be leachable which improves the soil and promotes better plant growth. 

Cracking of soil is common with the swelling and shrinking associated with high levels of exchangeable sodium on montmorillonite-type clay particles. When EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer products are applied to soil, sodium is replaced by calcium on these clays. The clay particles swell less and do not easily clog the pore spaces. Less swelling allows roots, air, and water to move easily through the soil.

Soil compaction can be a major problem that hampers soil health. Natural surface compaction in many soils can be alleviated with EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer products. Soils that have been treated with EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer have a wider range of soil moisture levels where it remediates compaction.

EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer when applied directly to the soil or added to irrigation water, improves infiltration (how much water penetrates and how deep) rates and hydraulic conductivity of the soil. Because the soil is better able to drain, it is less likely to become water logged due to clay swelling, excess water or high sodium levels.

Soil crusting hampers seed/plant emergence. Crusting gives soil and impenetrable surface. This happens when unaggregated clay particles settle and seal the surface and dry into a cement-like crust. With EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer soil aggregates better, crusting is reduced, and overall soil health improves.

EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer contains Calcium and Sulfur and is highly soluble and thus available to the plant, providing these essential macronutrients as the plant needs them.

With all of the benefits that EcoGEM® Soil Enhancer has for soil health, the end result is more sustainable soil that will produce healthier plants, lawns, gardens with improved yields.