• Biodynamic All-in-One Buffalo Soil Activator (BSA) - The Josephine Porter Institute
  • Biodynamic All-in-One Buffalo Soil Activator (BSA) - The Josephine Porter Institute
  • Biodynamic All-in-One Buffalo Soil Activator (BSA) - The Josephine Porter Institute
  • Biodynamic Buffalo Soil Activator package beside finished compost in a garden setting
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The Josephine Porter Institute

Biodynamic All-in-One Buffalo Soil Activator (BSA)

Biodynamic All-in-One Buffalo Soil Activator (BSA)

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Description

The Buffalo Soil Activator is an excellent all-around foliar or soil spray! Incredibly effective treatment to use as the initial application when healing degraded ground. At a glance:

At a Glance

What it does: Improves soil life and makes plants grow better. 

How to use: Stir one unit in 3–5 gallons of water, until evenly distributed and dissolved. Spray on soil or compost in the late afternoon. Apply 3–5 times over the growing season. One unit (2oz) treats up to one acre.

Ingredients: bison manure, all biodynamic preparations BD 500 through BD 508, buffalo barrel compound (bison manure, basalt, eggshells), horn basalt, horn clay, and crushed eggshells.

Unit size: 2oz, which treats up to one acre.

Created and developed by Lloyd Nelson.

Preparation resources: Introduction to biodynamic preparations | Making and using the preparations

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the Buffalo Soil Activator improve soil life?

Buffalo Soil Activator brings bison manure and BD 500–508 together in one soil-or-compost spray. In a Washington field comparison, biodynamically managed plots using preparation-treated compost and BD 500/501 sprays had about 7% higher soil microbial biomass than comparable organic plots (602 versus 564 µg carbon per gram of soil). That measured result shows the soil-life approach behind this all-in-one preparation (Goldstein et al., Open Agriculture, 2019; doi:10.1515/opag-2019-0018).
How should I apply the Buffalo Soil Activator?

Stir one unit in 3-5 gallons of water until dissolved, then spray on soil in the late afternoon. Repeat 3-5 times over the growing season.
What area does one unit of Buffalo Soil Activator cover?

One unit, which is 2oz, can effectively treat up to one acre of land.
What makes Buffalo Soil Activator an all-in-one spray?

It combines bison manure, BD 500–508, buffalo barrel compound, horn basalt, horn clay, and crushed eggshells in one practical starting spray for soil and plant vitality. It includes BD 500, so JPI also advises that Buffalo Soil Activator can fill the BD 500 position in a sequential moisture-spray routine.