Help plants withstand environmental stressors like drought, extreme temperatures and excess salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAlmost all soils can benefit from the application of soluble silicon, even sandy soils. (Although sand is mostly silicon dioxide, it is not in a soluble format that plants can use.) Indoor growing situations, i.e., greenhouse and hydroponic systems, can also benefit from silicon nutrition.<\/p>\n
As awareness grows, the hope is that commercial growers will become less reliant on chemical pesticides to manage pests and disease and follow the lead of home gardeners and organic farmers who are using Cascade Minerals Remineralizing Soil Booster<\/strong>. It is derived from volcanic basalt and puts soluble silicon into the soil where it can be absorbed by plants that grow strong and healthy to produce nutrient-rich food for humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A naturally occurring mineral and the second most abundant element in the earth\u2019s crust, silicon is everywhere. The problem is, only a small fraction in our agricultural soils is soluble and plant-ready. In a previous blog post, we discussed the many benefits of silicon to soil health and human health. Here we discuss its role… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4,77,5,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/si02_3.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YalT-cz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2008,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/2008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}