The spirit of the soil. The product and the source of life." Humus originally meant "soil" in Latin, but its meaning has evolved over the years to refer to a specific component: the stable part of ...

For a long time, soil was all but ignored. But for years, the valuable humus layer has been thinning. Farmers in Brandenburg ...

Dr Palekar highlighted the importance of humus-rich soil and shared insights into natural farming techniques that eliminate ...

The late Sir Albert Howard and his followers have for many years advocated certain methods of soil management in which humus maintenance by means of composts plays the chief part, and chemical ...

producing an acid humus. The acidic conditions are not liked by soil organisms which would normally merge the boundaries of the horizons.