Contrary to popular belief, cranberries do not<\/span> grow in water. The cranberry plant is a low-growing, woody vine that grows in beds layered with sand and other organic matter. Called \u201cbogs,\u201d these beds are typically flooded at harvest time (and during the winter to provide protection from the elements).<\/p>\n

From late June to early July, bees pollinate the cranberry flowers and fruit begins to form\u2014this is the period when the cranberries acquire most of their minerals, including magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and calcium.<\/p>\n

However, much like other agricultural soils, cranberry soils can become depleted of essential minerals. Minerals that are missing are just that\u2014missing<\/em>. No amount of organic matter will replace them. And synthetic fertilizers are just temporary fixes\u2014they give plants a quick rush of food but they don\u2019t do anything to rebalance the health of the soil.<\/p>\n

One of the best ways to replace missing minerals is with all-natural volcanic rock dust. Rock dust mimics the earth\u2019s own slow manner of regenerating the soil through geological activities such as volcanoes and glaciers. It is Mother Nature\u2019s own way of making minerals available to plants in the balanced form they need to develop stronger roots systems; build resistance to pests and disease; and deliver higher yields.<\/p>\n

For one organic cranberry farmer in Washington, the \u201cproof is in the bog!\u201d<\/p>\n

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About Cascade Minerals Products<\/p>\n

Our all-natural Remineralizing Soil Booster is made from massive basalt stones from Central Oregon\u2019s legendary Cascade Mountains. Rocks are crushed to produce a finely milled, 100% natural product that is approved for organic production and releases the essential minerals and trace elements that plants and humans need to flourish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We recently received this testimonial from Nick Haldeman, an organic cranberry farmer in Ilwaco, Washington who has been using our all-natural volcanic rock dust on his crops: \u201cOurs is only the second cranberry farm in the state to transition to organic. As part of that process, I ran a small-scale study using Cascade Minerals Remineralizing… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[78,5,15],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial-agriculture","category-soil-amendment","category-soil-minerals","tag-cranberries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cranberry-697037_640.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YalT-o7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1793,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions\/1793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}