Organic carbon fertilizer is an energy fertilizer for crops, a root-promoting fertilizer, and a nutrient-combination fertilizer. Regular application of organic carbon fertilizer, like conventional use of chemical fertilizers, inevitably enhances crops’ ability to resist disasters — similar to how a healthy and strong person is less likely to be affected by external environmental stress. This is the most fundamental basis for crop disaster prevention and mitigation.

For example, before the 2016 Lunar New Year, a rare cold wave hit. In the mountainous Phoenix area of Chaozhou, Phoenix tea leaves turned red overnight. However, tea trees that had been treated with organic carbon microbial fertilizer and supplemented with liquid organic carbon maintained green leaves, showing a significant contrast.

Another case: corn planted with organic carbon fertilizer as base fertilizer developed particularly robust root systems, with two extra rings of aerial roots that were thick and deeply anchored. During drought seasons, these corn plants showed much stronger drought resistance. At midday, while leaves in other cornfields were wilting, these corn plants remained upright, producing large and full ears of corn.

In multiple regions, banana growers reported that after flooding, there was always a plot of banana plants that did not turn yellow — and those plots had definitely been treated with organic carbon fertilizer.

Figure 1: Comparison of Phoenix Mountain tea trees under cold damage

Because disasters are unpredictable and sometimes unavoidable, regular application of organic carbon fertilizer should be the foundation for disaster prevention and mitigation. Under normal conditions without disasters, applying organic carbon fertilizer can increase crop yields by 30–50%. If a major disaster occurs, yield increases could exceed 100%.
The following describes rescue methods after flood disasters:
After heavy rain and flooding, field water should be drained promptly, and crops reorganized. Then immediately spray foliar applications of liquid organic carbon diluted 200 times with water. Once the water is completely drained, apply 3 kg of liquid organic carbon plus 15 kg of compound fertilizer per mu (≈666 m²) with water for root irrigation. Within 2–3 days, the crops can recover vitality.
In 2015, a continuous heavy rainstorm hit Zhao’an County, Fujian Province. A farmer surnamed Li had 100 mu of bok choy located in a low-lying area, which was completely affected by flooding. After the rain, following the suggestion of the Oasis (Greenland) team, Li quickly irrigated the bok choy with liquid organic carbon, applying 3 kg per mu twice. He also deliberately kept a small section untreated for comparison. Half a month later, a significant difference appeared in the vegetable field (see figure below).

Figure 2: Comparison of bok choy recovery after flooding

Another case: In early summer 2011, continuous heavy rainfall in Nanjing County, Fujian Province, turned hundreds of acres of contiguous banana plantations into a vast waterlogged area. The banana fields were submerged for three days and nights. After the water receded, large areas of banana plants wilted, yellowed, and died. However, there were several acres of “oases” where bananas did not wilt and showed only slight yellowing. A few days later, these “oases” recovered vitality. According to autumn yield measurements, these “oases” had yield losses of less than 15%, while other areas suffered total crop failure. In fact, most banana farmers, seeing no hope of recovery within ten days after flooding, had already removed their banana trees.
The farmer of these “oases,” surnamed Wu, told his neighbors that he had applied “Lǜzhēn” brand “Lì Lì Zhū” (organic carbon microbial fertilizer) as a base fertilizer.
Banana trees treated with “Lì Lì Zhū” developed strong roots and loose soil, with thick stems and leaves. The soil had abundant oxygen, and plants accumulated sufficient nutrients, enabling them to survive several days of severe oxygen deficiency and low photosynthesis. Once the rain stopped and water receded, the trees quickly restored their internal circulation mechanism of “leaf promoting roots – roots nourishing leaves.”
This efficient internal circulation facilitated nutrient replenishment both externally (from soil) and through carbon dioxide absorption via leaves. As a result, the affected banana trees regained vitality.
In contrast, banana plantations that applied chemical fertilizers regularly or mistakenly used dried chicken manure as organic fertilizer had weakened or even rotting roots. Under normal moisture conditions, the root-leaf material cycle could barely be maintained. However, once heavy rain occurred (reducing photosynthesis), the leaf-to-root nutrient promotion was cut off. Coupled with three days of flooding, already weakened roots lost vitality completely. This halted the banana trees’ internal circulation, preventing nutrient uptake, and leading to large-scale banana tree deaths.
Another case — chili peppers under continuous rain:
At the end of May and beginning of June 2015, continuous overcast and rainy weather in Pingshan, Shenzhen, caused severe yellowing and leaf drop in chili crops. A farmer surnamed Long, knowing that organic carbon fertilizer could supplement carbon, sprayed his chili plants with liquid organic carbon fertilizer during brief breaks between rains in the early stages of the rainy period. His chili field remained lush green and continued to bear fruit normally.
Because the liquid organic carbon fertilizer provides organic carbon nutrients that can be directly absorbed through leaf stomata, it supplemented the carbon nutrients normally provided by photosynthesis. Even under low light during rainy days, the leaves retained enough energy to continue photosynthesis at a basic level, supporting root growth and maintaining the “internal circulation” system. This prevented the yellowing and leaf loss seen in other conventionally farmed chili fields under low-temperature and low-light conditions.