mccarty bananas cavendish bananas - sweeter soils...cavendish bananas east palmerston 1965 the...

Bothconventionalandorganicpracticesused.

McCartyBananasdisplayingoutstandingresultsusingtheBactivateprogram.

TreeontheleftplantedwiththeBactivateprogramandtreesontherightwithout.Alltreesplantedthesameday.

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LukeMcCartyMcCartyBananasCavendishBananas

EastPalmerstonNorthQueensland1965

TheMcCartyfamilyhavebeenfarmingontheirEastPalmerstonpropertysince1935andhasbeeninproductionofbananassincetheyear2002.LukeMcCartyisathirdgenerationfarmerandtheoriginallandwasclearedbyhisgrandfatherJackMcDonaldin1935.

ThisfarminghasbothorganicandconventionalpracticesandtheBactivateprogramhasbeenimplementedacrossthefarm.

Duringanewplantupofbananabits(corms)in2013inblock6ALukeMcCartywasthefirstintheareatouseBioboostPlusandBactivateintheplantdrill.Theobjectivewastotreatfornematodes,canegrubandborersthatcanhavedevastatingeffectsonthecormsastheyemerge.ApplyingBioBoostplusbeforehandandBactivateundereachbananabitandBactivatebroadcastacrosseachrowwasthemethodthatemergedtoprovethemostoutstandingresults.

“IntheblockswheretheBactivateprogramwasusedtotreatborer,nematodeandcanegrubtheresultwasgreat”.

Lukecommented“IntheblockswheretheBactivateprogramwasusedtotreatborer,nematodeandcanegrubtheresultwasfantastic”.Furthertothegreatresultsachieveditisnow3yearsonandwiththecontinueduseoftheBactivateprogramLukecommented“Incrediblywearestillpickingintofourthratoononthisblockwithnochemicalinput”

TheentireMcCartyfarmhasnowbeenunderprogramfor3yearsapplyingBactivateevery6monthsinagranularformandBactivateBioboostPlusandBactivateSeaweedSolutionevery8weeks.

LukeMcCartyonhisEastPalmerstonBananafarmwithoneoftheemergingbunchesunderprogram.

“IncrediblywearestillpickingfruitintofourthratoononthisblockwithNOchemicalinput”

AttheTullyandDistrictShowLukeMcCartyrecentlywonfirstprizeforBest3ClustersandfirstprizeforBest6singlesinbananasin2015.

Thefarmer,LukeMcCartyusingtheprogramonotherpartsofthefarmunderconventionalgrowingtechniquesandseentheresultsofafar”moremalleableandpermeablesoilsandvigourintherootsystem”evidentwhenbarringoutofsuckersisdonewhenrequired.

TheBactivateproductsandprogramsareusedacrossmanydifferentfarmsacrossNorthQueenslandinvaryingcrops.