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Microorganisms – The Soil Food Web

Bacteria and fungi break down your fertiliser – but who actually releases the nutrients? In four short lessons, learn the full soil food web: from decomposer to grazer to predator, who feeds your plant by eating.

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The Food Web in Your Pot

Your pot is a multi-storey food web – and nutrients travel by being eaten.

Two Construction Firms: Bacteria and Fungi

You never feed “the microbes” – you feed one of two completely different channels.

The Predator Dividend: Protozoa & Nematodes

Only the grazer actually finishes off the fertiliser.

Keeping the Crew: Habitat Beats Inoculation

You can buy soil life – but you can’t own it.