FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT IS ECO-MIN ROCKDUST?
Eco-Min Rockdust is just what you think, different types of rock ground into a fine powder.  Munash Eco-Min Rockdust is made from basalt and granite rocks.   Some describe it as ‘magical’ but the logic behind this ancient fertilizer is quite simple.  It’s called soil remineralisation.

WHAT TYPE OF ECO-MIN ROCKDUST IS BEST?
Of course, not just any old rock provides beneficial results as rocks by way of formation have different chemical makeup.  Not all rocks are equal in their ability to provide nutrients.  Munash have honed and developed their specially selected rocks for over ten years and own the patent for their product.

HOW DOES ECO-MIN ROCKDUST WORK?
Microbes in the soil draw the minerals from Munash Eco-Min Rockdust and carry these micro-nutrients to the feeder roots of the plant.  Small particles of Munash Eco-Min Rockdust are readily available to the plant for uptake through the microbes and the larger particles act as a slow release fertilizer.   Eco-Min Rockdust balances the mineral levels in the soil unlocking them and making them all available to the plant naturally.  Increased mineral uptake helps raise sugar levels, improves plant vigour, increased yields and enhances natural disease resistant capabilities of plants.

CAN ECO-MIN ROCKDUST WORK ON ALL TYPES OF SOIL?
Yes and it has been scientifically proven to work in all types of soils.  Eco-Min Rockdust has amphoteric tendencies which means it is a compound which can contain both acidic and basic functional groups, therefore Eco-Min Rockdust is capable of reacting chemically either as an acid or a base making it suitable in saline, acid, neutral or alkaline soils.

WHY IS THE APPLICATION RATE SO LOW, COMPARED TO CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS?
Eco-Min Rockdust is a concentrated product, which means lower application rates and lower costs.  A normal fist size rock has a surface area of a few square metres, however grind that rock down to a fine powder and the rock has a surface area of several thousand square metres.  This means microbes can much more easily and rapidly access and consume the rocks minerals, thus more rapidly digest them into plant nutrients.  Therefore, you don’t need to apply as much!

WHAT IS RENEW?
Renew is a mineral liquid fertilizer with derivatives from the sea.   It contains a balanced proportion of trace elements which has a natural composition similar to what is found in humans.

HOW DOES RENEW WORK?
Renew is full of minerals and the plants absorb the minerals as nutrients very quickly.  When Renew is used on your garden, fruit and vegetables which contain any in-organic salts it will immediately turn them into highly usable trace minerals which can easily be absorbed by the human body.  That’s why Renew is the optimum plant food.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RENEW & ECO-MIN ROCKDUST?
Renew has similar characteristics to Eco-Min Rockdust in that it also has a rich balanced source of essential minerals and trace elements.  However Renew works to enhance and feed the plant directly whilst Eco-Min Rockdust works more on balancing the soil to provide the plants feeder roots with an abundance of minerals and nutrients.  Eco-Min Rockdust and Renew work in balance together which they enhance each other creating healthier soil and livelier gardens.

WHAT DOES BALANCING THE SOIL MEAN?
Balancing the soil is to supply soil and plants with a balanced complete source of essential elements.  Soil, plants and animals require elements in specific proportions, NOT simply in specific quantities.  Mineral nutrients must be supplied at certain ratios to create a harmonious balance.

THE NUTRITIONAL ASPECT?
When we eat food grown on depleted soil we too, like the plants, lose our natural resistance to disease. All the degenerative diseases have been on the rise in Australia in recent decades with direct links back to deficiency of minerals in our food is due to mineral depletion of soils.

CONVENTIONAL THINKING, DOESN’T APPLY HERE!
A little goes a long way, so use Munash Eco-Min Rockdust & Renew sparingly and remember that twice as much isn't necessarily twice as good. At the same time note that it will never burn your plants, nor leach out the soil, even at overdose levels. It is unlike regular water soluble fertilisers, so conventional thinking doesn't apply.   The longer Eco-Min Rockdust & Renew are in the soil, the more the fungi & micro-organisms will have chance to assimilate it and make it biologically available.

HOW DOES ECO-MIN ROCKDUST & RENEW COMPARE TO CONVENTIONAL NPK FERTILIZERS?
There are numerous other elements beyond the major NPK that mainstream science now accepts as necessary for healthy plants.  Munash Eco-Min Rockdust & Renew have an abundance of minerals and trace elements which are needed by specialized soil microbes which fulfil special functions to create soil and fertility, such as synthesizing certain enzymes, vitamins, antibiotics, or other critical bio-molecules.

Conventional agriculture shortcut the microbial feeding chain, by using synthetic fertilisers and chemicals to supply nutrients as soluble salts which are directly absorbed by the plant roots. But we now know many bacteria and fungi actually pump nutrients into roots around ten times faster than soluble salts are absorbed.   In return, microbes receive sugars and other carbon compounds secreted by plant roots.

SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN?
Extensive international trials have shown that remineralising the earth with rock dust and using sea minerals in agriculture are extremely effective and sustainable means of restoring minerals & trace elements to depleted soils, with the consequential increased microbial action also speeding up the breakdown of soil pollutants and balancing elements.

By growing your plants on remineralised soil you enable the plants to reach their full genetic potential, with natural resistance to insects, disease, frost and drought. You can also expect higher yields of more nutritious food with less input costs.