🐄 High cell counts in milk – what really helps August 03, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Leopold Tazreiter always had 150,000 to 200,000 cells. Since using STALLKRAFT bedding, he's at 70,000. That's very, very little — he says himself. And Andreas Ehrenbrandtner has been able to...
Growing blueberries that really shine — Boosting anthocyanins, preventing diseases, measuring Brix August 03, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Blueberries are more demanding than they look. They need soil that almost no other crop can tolerate—acidic, rich in humus, alive. Those who ignore this will get stunted bushes with...
Growing industrial hemp that unfolds its full potential — more biomass, more CBD, healthy soil August 03, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Hemp is experiencing a renaissance. But what many farmers don't yet know: CBD is a secondary plant compound—it is produced like quercetin in onions and lycopene in tomatoes. More photosynthesis...
🐄 What animals really need – and why zeolite is nothing new August 03, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Animals in the wild seek out zeolite themselves. Scientifically proven, researched for decades. Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Karl Hecht explains why factory farming misses exactly that – and what it...
🐄🐖🐑 Zeolite in Livestock Farming: What Studies Really Show August 02, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Zeolite for Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, and Goats Well-founded knowledge for farmers — simply explained You’ve heard of zeolite. From your neighbor, from the vet, perhaps from us. But what does...
The pumpkin — Medicinal Plant of the Year, autumn symbol, and underestimated superfood July 31, 2026Steinkraft GmbH In autumn, it's as much a part of the landscape as colorful leaves and morning mist. In Lower Austria, orange globes pile up at farmers' markets, farm shops, and in...
Grow pumpkins that glow — increase beta-carotene, prevent powdery mildew, measure Brix July 31, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A Hokkaido with deep orange-red skin, intense aroma, and 12 °Brix. Dense, nutty, sweet. Packed with beta-carotene and alpha-carotene. So heavy you can barely hold it in one hand. This...
Plants as Antennas - How Philip Callahan Began to See Nature in a Completely New Light July 19, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Can plants perceive their surroundings much more intensely than we long believed? The researcher Philip Callahan observed moths, electromagnetic fields and the astonishing sensitivity of nature – and began to...
An apple a day — what's really behind it, and why the wrong apple does the opposite July 19, 2026Steinkraft GmbH "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." This saying is over 150 years old. It originates from Wales, was first printed in 1866, and has since spread to all...
Stone Age Farming by Alanna Moore - A Journey Back to the Earth's Language July 19, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Why do some soils seem alive – and others exhausted? Alanna Moore reminded me with this book that the earth speaks a language. You just have to learn to listen...
Caring for self-protecting apple trees — less spraying, more polyphenols, higher Brix value July 17, 2026Steinkraft GmbH An apple tree that bears fruit every year – without alternation. Fruits that are deep red, intensely fragrant, and packed with 14 to 18 °Brix, quercetin, and phloridzin. A tree...
Zeolite in Agriculture: Overview June 28, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Nitrogen has a utilization efficiency of only 30 to 40 percent in agriculture. The rest escapes into the air or groundwater – as lost money and as environmental pollution. Zeolite...
Measuring Brix — The Fuel Gauge of Plant Health and How to Read It Correctly June 05, 2026Steinkraft GmbH With a single action, know in seconds whether your tomato is truly nutrient-rich. Whether your carrot has developed its beta-carotene potential. Whether your foliar fertilization has been effective — before...
Some Soils Feel Alive - Philip Callahan and the Forgotten Power of the Earth June 04, 2026Steinkraft GmbH There are moments when a single thought suddenly changes everything. For me, it wasn't a scientific article. No study. No lecture.It was soil.Dark, crumbly, living soil that smelled of forest...
Healthy soil, healthy people — the connection science has long proven June 04, 2026Steinkraft GmbH You eat vegetables and fruit every day. You think you eat well. And yet you're tired, prone to infection, lethargic. What if the problem isn't on your plate—but in the...
The blueberry — small, dark, exceptionally nutritious, and Ezra's favorite quality test June 03, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Ezra, our Labrador Retriever, gets a blueberry. He takes it carefully. He pauses. He spits it out. Not ripe enough. No refractometer in the world measures more precisely than a...
The tomato — why the world's most emotional vegetable is often just a water bomb today June 01, 2026Steinkraft GmbH There's that moment when you bite into a tomato from the market — and something happens. That taste. Then in winter, you buy a tomato at the supermarket — and...
Planting Nutrient-Dense Strawberries - Understanding Diseases, Building Soil, Increasing Brix June 01, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A vital strawberry plant with a high Brix value protects itself—against Botrytis, against mildew, against mites and aphids. Here is the complete program from soil preparation to flowering. For 30...
Fresh herbs — the underrated superfood that belongs on every meal May 29, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A handful of fresh herbs over food — that's how it's always been. And science now explains why our ancestors were right. Parsley contains more vitamin C than an orange....
🐑🐐 Zeolite for Sheep and Goats — Natural Support That Really Works May 29, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Anyone who keeps sheep or goats knows: these animals are sensitive, intelligent – and have a fine instinct for what is good for them. Perhaps this explains why goat farmers...
Growing Broccoli That Really Works — More Sulforaphane, More Brix, Healthy Soil May 28, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A deep dark green broccoli head with tightly closed florets. Nutty to the bite, packed with sulforaphane. This doesn't happen by chance — it happens in the soil. Here's the...
Broccoli — the most researched vegetable in the world May 27, 2026Steinkraft GmbH There's a vegetable that has been studied for over thirty years in the laboratories of the world's most renowned research institutions. Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore isolated its main active...
Photosynthesis – Why CO₂ Is the Limiting Factor and What That Means for Your Harvest May 25, 2026Steinkraft GmbH There is a process that drives everything. Without it, no yield, no nutrients, no impressive Brix value. It is called photosynthesis. And for most plants in the world, it performs...
Soil or foliage — when which fertilization truly helps May 25, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Soil or leaf – that is not an either-or question. Both solve different problems on different time scales. And if the soil can't yet, the leaf steps in. Today.
Frequently Asked Questions about Grünkraft Calcium and the Steinkraft Product System May 25, 2026Steinkraft GmbH What is Grünkraft Calcium? Grünkraft Calcium is a mineral foliar fertilizer based on tribomechanically activated calcite and zeolite. The product is manufactured using a sophisticated co-milling process, where calcite (calcium...
Our food is losing nutrients May 23, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Why do tomatoes often no longer taste like they used to? Studies show: Fruits and vegetables have been losing minerals for decades. What the Brix value reveals about this -...
Activated Calcite with Zeolite as Foliar Fertilizer — Field Studies and Results from Four Continents May 22, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Some products don't need explanation. You just show what happens when you use them. Coffee in Colombia. Grapevines in France. Sugarcane in Africa. Potatoes in Russia. All results. All cultures....
🐄 Zeolite for cattle and dairy cows — what really happens when you try it May 20, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A farmer's wife came with a gift. Because Helmut Schirmbrand—our father and the founder of KALKMEISTER—had helped her with a homemade paste. For a sick cow. And that, even though...
Tomatoes with real lycopene — Step by step to fruit that really tastes like tomato May 16, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A tomato with 10 °Brix doesn't just taste twice as intense as one with 4 °Brix — it also contains twice as much lycopene and vitamin C. Here's the complete...
The strawberry — small, red, irresistible, and secretly one of the most nutritious foods in the world May 16, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Marika goes into the field, picks the first ripe strawberry – a little bit of dirt still on it, that’s fine – and just eats it as is. Winnie does...
Growing high-nutrient carrots—how beta-carotene, Brix value, and soil health are connected May 15, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A carrot with 12 °Brix and deep orange flesh. Crunchy, intensely sweet, with that unmistakable earthy aroma. And six times more beta-carotene than a pale supermarket carrot.That is the goal....
Growing garlic that really works — more allicin, more nutrients, healthy soil May 15, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Garlic from healthy soil contains significantly more alliin—the precursor to allicin. It smells more intense, is more effective, and lasts longer. Here's the complete program from autumn planting to harvest....
Garlic — the Wonder Bulb May 15, 2026Steinkraft GmbH You cut the clove of garlic. You set it aside. You wait ten minutes. Only then does it go into the pan. This small ritual that almost no one knows...
The carrot — the vegetable with the highest beta-carotene content of all vegetable varieties, and why this only applies to real carrots May 14, 2026Steinkraft GmbH There's a simple experiment you can do right now. Buy a carrot from the supermarket and one from a farmer's market or your own garden. Hold them side-by-side. One is...
The Underestimated Queen of the Vegetable Patch — Why Red Onions and Scallions Are True Superfoods May 12, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Goji berries from Tibet. Moringa from India. Yet one of the most nutrient-rich foods in the world has been in every kitchen for centuries. The red onion and its sister,...
Growing Nutrient-Rich Red Onions — The Complete Guide from Soil Preparation to Harvest May 12, 2026Steinkraft GmbH A red onion weighing 125 grams instead of 71 grams. Packed with quercetin and anthocyanins. Measurably more nutritious — proven with a refractometer. This is no coincidence but the result...
🐖 Zeolite in Pig Farming – What Really Happens When You Try It May 07, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Complaining neighbors. Mayors imposing restrictions. And animals that are still not as healthy as they could be. Zeolite and active microorganisms tackle all these problems simultaneously – without chemicals, with...
Miscanthus — the energy crop that can do almost anything, and hardly anyone knows about it April 27, 2026Steinkraft GmbH There is a plant that grows up to four meters tall, requires little fertilizer, no pesticides, improves the soil, and sequesters up to 34 tons of CO₂ per hectare per...
From research to practice: Why zeolite could be the future of agriculture March 16, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Zeolite, a natural mineral, has demonstrated impressive effects on soil quality, water retention, and nutrient availability in recent studies. This versatile material could hold the key to more sustainable and...
Why Zeolite Works in Soil - The Scientific Principles March 14, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Ion Exchange, Pore Structure, and Mineral Surfaces – The Scientific Foundations Article Series Understanding Zeolite in Soil This series invites you to delve deeper into understanding zeolite in soil: how...
Zeolite as a Soil Conditioner: What Studies Reveal About Soil Structure and Soil Life March 14, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Fertile soil thrives on good structure and active soil life. Scientific studies show that zeolite can stabilize soil structure and create favorable conditions for microorganisms. A look at the research...
Bread from stones – Julius Hensel's vision and why mineral fertilizer is more relevant today than ever. March 10, 2026Steinkraft GmbH In his 1894 work "Bread from Stones," Dr. Julius Hensel demonstrated that rock flour sustainably improves soil fertility. A look at its history and its significance for zeolite and natural...
Why soils are losing their diversity February 13, 2026Steinkraft GmbH Why are soils worldwide losing their diversity? This article provides a scientifically sound analysis of how monocultures, humus depletion, and structural loss weaken soil fertility – and why regenerative gardening...
Paramagnetism in the garden: How basalt rock flour revitalizes our soils January 22, 2026Steinkraft GmbH In this blog post, we reveal the secrets of basalt rock flour and how it can naturally transform your garden into a blooming paradise. Discover the wonders of this energetic...
What effect does Steinkraft zeolite have on agriculture? November 02, 2025Steinkraft GmbH Vital soils are crucial for nutrient-rich foods. How does zeolite contribute to this?
Nourishing the Earth: A Guide to RÖSL Vital Soil Improvers Leonardite and Cleo Mineral Clay October 12, 2025Steinkraft GmbH Discover the power of nature with RÖSL Vital soil amendments – an innovative solution for promoting soil health. The blog explores the close connection between soil vitality and our own...
Active microorganisms AM+PLUS from Austria October 09, 2025Steinkraft GmbH Microorganisms and zeolite and many minerals visible in the dark field photographs. "The images give me feedback. Here, the energetic pattern is visible." Willi Prechtl
Zeolite – the universal genius of cattle farming?! April 21, 2025Steinkraft GmbH Zeolite and lime for cubicles, vital calves, healthy hooves, and nutrient-rich soils. A great cycle!