Microbe Science for Gardeners
Secrets to Better Plant Health
Format:Paperback
Publisher:New Society Publishers
Published:26th Oct '23
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Your garden's little helpers – the role of microbes in growing great plants
Microscopic organisms are as important to plant growth as water and light. Microbe Science for Gardeners highlights the essential role of microbes in plant biosystems and health, provides practical how-to gardening advice for enhancing plant microbiomes and preventing disease, and debunks common gardening myths.
Healthy gardens begin with thriving microbial life.
Bacteria and fungi quietly shape plant health, nutrient availability, and soil resilience. Microbe Science for Gardeners explains how soil organisms function and how your gardening practices influence them.
When you understand the hidden world below ground, you can strengthen everything above it.
What You'll Gain
- How bacteria and fungi drive nutrient cycling
- How mycorrhizal fungi support root systems
- How soil disturbance affects microbial networks
- How organic inputs build microbial diversity
- How to evaluate microbial products critically
Rather than marketing claims, you'll get evidence-based guidance.
Practical Applications
- Support beneficial microbes naturally
- Improve nutrient efficiency
- Reduce practices that harm soil life
- Build long-term soil resilience
- Strengthen plant immunity through soil health
If you're looking for practical ways to cultivate living soil systems, this book offers clear scientific insight you can apply immediately.
Who This Book Is For
- Gardeners interested in soil biology
- Regenerative and organic growers
- Market farmers building resilience
- Readers evaluating microbial products
- Anyone curious about the science beneath their garden
Support the unseen. Strengthen the visible.
"Robert Pavlis' newest book, Microbe Science for Gardeners beautifully breaks it down in his usual no-nonsense way. If you want to learn anything about the science of soil, and what's in it, this book will help you easily understand the vital role microbes play in bringing soil (and everything growing in it) to life!"
–Joe Lamp'l, founder, joegardener.com, The Online Gardening Academy™, creator/ executive producer, Growing a Greener World®
"Robert Pavlis' Microbe Science for Gardeners is an accessible and understandable dive into the amazing relationship between microbes and plants. Useful and practical gardening advice."
–Jeff Lowenfels, author, the Teaming Series and DIY Autoflowering Cannabis
"Microbe Science for Gardeners is deeply in-tune with the current science and Pavlis also introduces us to lesser-known and developing ideas in soil microbiology that we will see grow over the next few years. No matter your understanding of soil biology, I suspect Microbe Science for Gardeners will leave you deeply enriched, as it has me. From backyard to farm-scale, this is a book every grower should possess."
–Jesse Frost, author, The Living Soil Handbook: The No-till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening
"This fascinating book by Robert Pavlis presents the latest science on what is known (and not known) about the multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that fill the soil, cover leaves, and interact with roots. This is an outstanding resource and should be in the hands of anyone interested in gardening!"
–Linda Gilkeson, author, Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest "A must-have for gardeners who want to understand the unseen worlds above and below the soil, Robert Pavlis' latest book explains the hidden life keeping our plants thriving."
–Rebecca Martin, technical editor, Mother Earth News
"Robert Pavlis has a unique ability to communicate complex topics with ease and clarity. He has done it again with Microbe Science for Gardeners. This comprehensive exploration of soil ecology examines the dynamic relationships between plants and the microbiome of the soil, providing the reader with a guide to understanding the role of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes in the creation and maintenance of healthy soil."
–Darrell Frey, owner, Three Sisters Farm, and author, Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm
ISBN: 9780865719774
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
Weight: 304g
192 pages