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Micro Nutrient Coated Fertiliser
Farming Irish Soils – today’s challenge ‘’ 90% of soil samples show a deficiency in at least 1 major
nutrient’’ Teagasc
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•NutrientslikePhosphorousandtraceelementscanbecomefixedinthesoiland
thereforeunavailableforcropuptake.
•InlowpHsoilsthisoccurswhereAluminiumandIronarehigh,therebyfixingboth
Phosphorousandtraceelements.
•In high pH soils Calcium can also cause a lock up ofmany nutrients including
Phosphorus,ManganeseandZinc.
Our solution •isanorganicliquidbondingagentwhichisrichinorganicacidextracts
includinghumicacid.
•Theseorganicacidswhenappliedtofertilisersprotectnutrientsfromsoillock-up.
•Thesystemcannowbondmicronutrientstoeachandeveryfertiliser
granule.
•traceelementscanbeformulatedupto1.5%inclusionrateperton.
•Allmicronutrientsare100%watersoluble.
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Benefits
•appliednutrientsallowforaccurateandevenapplicationtoallcrops
•Plantrootsystemsareimprovedresultinginhighernutrientuptake.
•Humicacidprotectedmicronutrientsincreasethetransportofnutrientstotheplant.
•Humicacidcoatedmicronutrientsincreasecropperformance.
•Cropstreatedwithmicrocoatednutrientshaveahigherstresstolerance.
What are Humic Acids?Humic acids or humates naturally occur in the organic matter components of thesoil. Humicacidsareacomplexmixtureofcarbonrichminerals.Inaprocesscalledhumificationplantmatterinthesoilbreaksdownanddecomposeswithmicrobiologicalactivities.Adarkcolourednutrient-richhumusclaymatterisformed.Thehumificationprocess helps soil retain nutrients. The more humates in the soil the greater theavailablenutrientholdingcapacity.Alivingsoilisafertilehealthysoil.
Key points proven by scientific research: •‘’Usingoptimumamountsofhumicmaterialsinthesoil,plantscangrowtwiceas
fast’’.GeoffreyDaviesProfessorofChemistryatNorthEasternUniversityUSA.
•1kgofconcentratehumicacidcancontaintheequivalenthumicvalueof30tonsoforganicmanure.
•Applying humic acids to soil with fertiliser significantly increases the amountofwatersolublephosphateavailableand increasesPuptakeandyieldby25%.(Wangetal.,1995).
•Humicacidssignificantlyincreaseplantenzymeactivity.
•Humicacidshelpconvertkeynutrientsintoplantavailablenutrients.
•Humicacidsaidsinseedgerminationmakingitanidealseedbedfertiliser.
•Drymatteryieldofrootsandshootsincreasedby22%inthepresenceofhumicacids(Kauseretal.,1985).
•Humicacidsactasanenergysourceforsoilmicro–organisms.
•Soilapplicationofhumicacidssignificantlyincreasestheuptakeoftraceelementswhichareessentialforthedevelopmentofplantrootmass(Katkatetal.,2009).
•DanOlkandDanaDinnes(2016)reportedinaUSDAfundedtrialthatplantyieldandrootgrowthwasincreasedonallcropsusingHumicacidproductsovera3yearperiod.
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