Vegetable growers
Open-field and irrigated commercial vegetables, including farms already organic or moving that way. The trial is about soil biology under the crop, not a leaf cosmetic.
KwaZulu-Natal · Soil Bio Microbes
Soil Bios is looking for vegetable, fruit and livestock farms in KwaZulu-Natal to run structured Soil Bio Microbes trials. If you want to cut back inorganic chemistry and put living biology back into the soil, start here — this is the KZN trial form.
Commercial land only: 10 hectares or more, in KZN. Not a home-garden trial.
KZN farmers are under the same squeeze as the rest of the country: dearer fertiliser, thinner soil life, tighter water, and buyers who ask how the food was grown. This page is for growers who want a safer, more organic option than stacking another chemical pass — without pretending a trial is a certified-organic stamp on day one.
Soil Bios is selecting commercial trial farms in KZN so Soil Bio Microbes can be applied with guidance, watched in the field, and judged on soil and crop or pasture — not on a brochure. Selected farms may later become Midlands or North Coast supply points.
Apply if you farm in KwaZulu-Natal and you are actively looking for more organic and safer options than a full inorganic stack — open-field or irrigated vegetables, fruit, or livestock and pasture. Midlands, North Coast, hinterland and coastal districts are all in scope if the land is in KZN and large enough to learn from.
Open-field and irrigated commercial vegetables, including farms already organic or moving that way. The trial is about soil biology under the crop, not a leaf cosmetic.
The published call includes citrus, banana, macadamia, avocado, berries, mango and other subtropical fruit common in KZN.
Cattle, dairy, sheep, goats and mixed units that want living soil under the grass. See also natural probiotics for cattle.
Soil Bio Microbes (SBM) is a liquid microbial solution with about 48 groups — roughly 60% bacteria and 40% fungi. Groups include probiotics, natural antibiotics, nitrogen fixers, digesters and fermenters, disease-suppressive organisms, carbon-sequestration helpers and nutrient cyclers. It works mainly in deeper soil layers; some bacteria are UV and temperature sensitive.
On a KZN trial farm the aim is practical: restore beneficial activity, cycle nutrients, support roots and structure, and give you a path to use fewer inorganic inputs as biology recovers. Read healthy soil and why microbes matter before you apply.
Ten hectares is the floor so results can be watched on real commercial ground. Smaller land can still buy SBM or contact Soil Bios, but it is not this trial list.
Shortlisted trial farms in KZN work with Soil Bios on application guidance, soil monitoring and before/after notes on the lands you put forward. Selected partners may also be considered as KZN distribution points if they have storage, a farmer network and a workable pickup or delivery setup.
This is not a guaranteed yield claim. It is a structured look at biology on your soil. Current litres per hectare for your crop: [NEED FACT].
Use the form on this page. It is the trial farms KZN intake so applications stay in the KZN queue.
Soil Bios checks location, hectares, enterprise and whether you can host monitoring.
Shortlisted farms are contacted to agree lands, timing and what will be recorded.
Work starts only after that agreement. Keep using this page’s form rather than a general contact form if you are applying for a KZN trial.
Put farm name, contact person, district or town, total hectares, enterprise type, current soil practice, irrigation if any, whether you want a distribution conversation, phone and email.
Prefer email? Write info@soilbios.com with subject Trial Farm Application – KZN.
Want to sell rather than host a trial? Use the agent form or distributor form.
No. The trial is a biological soil programme for farmers who want safer, more organic-leaning practice. Certification is a separate process. SBM is positioned to restore soil biology and reduce inorganic inputs.
This form is the KZN trial intake. Other provinces should use Contact Us so the KZN queue stays clean.
You can still buy SBM through the shop. This trial list is for 10 ha or more so monitoring is worthwhile.
Yes — tick distribution interest on the form. Soil Bios is also seeking KZN supply partners on the Midlands and North Coast pages.
Use the form above for trial farms in KZN. For product detail go to Soil Bio Microbes. For general questions see the FAQ.