A RegenZ and Zylem range
Soil first, for South Africa.
Beyond Soil Life is the home and small-scale grower range from RegenZ and Zylem. Made in Pietermaritzburg. Tested on real South African farms.
Where this comes from
30 years of work in South African soil.
Beyond Soil Life is not a new idea. It is the home and small-scale grower version of work RegenZ and Zylem have been doing on South African farms for three decades.
Zylem started in the early 1990s, formulating biological inputs for commercial growers in KwaZulu-Natal. RegenZ grew out of that, focused on bringing regenerative practice to smallholders, emerging farmers and food aggregators across Southern Africa. Beyond Soil Life puts the same biology, in smaller packs, into the hands of home gardeners and small-scale growers who want to build soil rather than just feed plants.
If you would rather do it by hand
Three steps, no wizard.
Honest about what works
We will not sell you something we have not tested. Every claim on our packs is backed by trial data or a published study. If a product is not right for your situation, we will tell you.
Built for local conditions
South African soils, climates and crops are not the same as North American or European ones. The range is formulated, sized and priced for the way we grow here.
A real person on the line
Every order comes with access to Reggie, our WhatsApp agri assistant, and a direct line to a human who knows the products. Not a queue. Ask anything.
Made here
Manufactured in Pietermaritzburg, from local raw materials.
Every product in the range is manufactured in our Pietermaritzburg facility, using locally sourced raw materials wherever possible. Kelp from the South African coast. Compost from regional sources. Microbial strains cultured on site.
Trial work happens on real farms, not in a laboratory only. The range has been tested on smallholder plots in KwaZulu-Natal, market gardens in Plettenberg Bay and home patches across the country before it ships.
Who we build for
Made for the way South Africans actually grow.
The range is built for two kinds of grower: the home gardener with pots, beds or a backyard food patch, and the small-scale grower producing for the market, a school feeding scheme, or a community kitchen.
Both face the same fundamental questions. How do I get more from this patch of ground? How do I do it without spending more than I earn? How do I keep the soil alive so I can grow on it again next year?
The range keeps moving
The range will grow with the growers who use it.
We add products when growers ask for them and when the trial data supports it. We change pack sizes when feedback tells us a different size works better for a backyard gardener.
If there is something you need that we do not yet make, tell us. The range moves with the work.
Talk to usFarming at scale?
Looking for the commercial range?
Beyond Soil Life is the small-pack range. If you are a commercial farmer, agronomist or food aggregator working at scale, RegenZ and Zylem run the same biology in commercial pack sizes, with technical support, trial work and programme design.
Visit RegenZReady to start?
Pick a Starter Pack and grow alongside us.
Whatever the size of your farm, we want to hear from you.