ABSTRACT
Some salesman were guilty of marketing the material without adequate instructions, leaving the user with the erroneous assumption that one could just spread the product on the surface of a poorly structured or compacted soil and Krilium would work its miracle. Some experimental results were so dramatic as to be almost unbelievable, yet failures with some soils and methods of using Krilium were also reported. The success stories were for the most part sufficient to fuel the enthusiasm of the agricultural science community during the several years of research devoted to the Krilium breakthrough, even though economic realities doomed the widespread use of these products in mainstream agriculture from the outset. However, many Krilium-treated soils sometimes produced only small plant growth increases, and occasionally a reduction in yield was reported. Scientific excitement soon turned to financial reality when it became clear in the 1960s that the per ha cost of Krilium was not economical for most agricultural crops.
