Tagged: soil microbiology

1. 01 The place · 17 Aug 2026 The Soil Under Rooibos Cannot Tell It Is Farmed Someone sequenced the soil bacteria under wild rooibos and under a farmed field nearby. No significant difference turned up, which unpicks a tidy sustainability claim.
2. 02 The plant · 5 Feb 2026 The Red Bush Changes Its Own Soil, Then Changes It Back Nobody fertilises a rooibos field. The plant grows in famously hungry soil by striking a daily bargain with bacteria that live in its own roots, one it renegotiates every morning and, by the record's own reading, lets lapse every night.