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Conveyer Belt Piling Material at End of Digester

Dozer Moving "Mountains" of Raw Material on 10-acre Facility

Teeth of Huge Gear Used to Continuously Rotate Digester

Front-end Loader Returning for Raw Material

Vital Earth Resources, Inc. has been supplying the nursery and landscape industry since 1983. We manufacture composts, horticultural soils, and mulches. The purpose of these web pages is to help landscape architects and contractors become familiar with our quality products. The pages that follow demonstrate the recommended use, the application procedure, and the test results of the various products. Vital Earth offers a refreshing change from most soil companies; emphasis is placed on consistency, quality, and fair measure.

Swedish bio-chemist Eric Eweson spent almost 50 years perfecting the 120-foot long patented rotary digester that Vital Earth uses to manufacture its Composted Peat Replacer and Premium Grade Compost. This digester represents the most efficient means known today for composting plant and animal residues. The Compost is pasteurized by self-generated temperatures exceeding 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Microbial populations of natural soil organisms in the billions per gram, not only generate this heat for the pasteurization, but also rapidly compost raw materials to form soil humus.

Composted Peat Replacer has no equivalent in the industry and is the foundation for our soil mixes. When quality and value of materials is the primary consideration, the choice has been and continues to be Vital Earth. From our non-staining hardwood mulch to our complete bedding soil, we focus on the ultimate success of the end user.

The quality of horticultural soil products varies widely in the marketplace. Some companies market immature composts produced in anaerobic static piles. These low cost, inferior materials are offered to landscape contractors who may be unaware of the damage they can cause. Plants can be deprived of nitrogen and essential nutrients and begin to yellow. Plants may go into shock and ultimately die. A good compost works as a buffer, reduces stress, and provide plants with organic, slow release nutrients from the time of planting. The landscape architect plays an important role in specifying products of proven quality and value, protecting the interests of their clients, and reducing warranty claims.

I hope this online specifications handbook becomes a useful tool for you in your business. A copy of this handbook can be sent to landscape architects upon request. Our objective at Vital Earth is to be a soils company you can rely on. You are assured of the same great quality every time. Additional information is available on our website at www.vitalearth.com.

Remember, better plants through better soils.

706 E Broadway
PO Box 1148
Gladewater TX 75647