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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by d110af5ccf on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:08AM (#27929026)
No one suggested replacing the soil wholesale. I described additional things which might be incorporated into existing fertilizers in the future. I believe many of them already include organic matter of various sorts.

For the record, I believe you drastically underestimate our current practices and capabilities. We've been performing nitrogen fixation on an industrial scale since the early 1900s.

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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by imtringued on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:45AM (#27930042)
No, it's exactly what you suggested. Let's say you can get a microbial solution manufactured in a lab. You still have to distribute it and let it "grow" into the soil. That is exactly the opposite of what you said you wanted though. It's not the instant application process that fertilizers have. Therefore you actually do need to supplement the soil wholesale for an instant result. Waiting for the "dumb bacteria" to do their job costs money so it won't happen.
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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by ClumsyPilot on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:58AM (#27929330)
You are talking about replacing 30% of topsoil, thats how much organic matter as a percentage of soil you need to have for soil to be soil and not sand.

Its not about capabilities, ita about cost.

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