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Visual and Clinical Evidence of an Organic Agricultural Breakthrough
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Welcome!
• Welcome to a new, organic way to increase the yield of your plants, from gardening to large scale agriculture.
• The following pages contain visual and clinical proof of robust results from a new plant growth energizer, Grower's Secret.
• To develop and patent globally organic agricultural products and applications that increase crop yields and profits.
• To maintain an active research program developing new uses for existing products and to discover new bioactive metabolites for agriculture.
• To treat all of our stakeholders, investors, employees, consultants and vendors with the highest degree of openness and integrity.
• To enhance the lives of individuals globally through our products.
• To help shepherd our earth.
Our Mission...
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Contents
What is Grower's Secret?
Visual Evidence
Vegetables
Fruits
Flowers/Ornamentals
Clinical Evidence
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What is Grower's Secret?
• Grower's Secret is a natural plant growth energizer derived from edible fruits.
• In addition to stimulating growth, clinical trials indicate Grower's Secret may also reduce disease and pests.
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Images of Growth: Visual Evidence
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Seedlings
Untreated.
Treated with Grower's Secret.
Vegetables
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Seedlings (continued)
• Grower's Secret as a seed treatment will increase seedling growth.
• Grower’s Secret seed treatment will increase uniform seedling growth.
Vegetables
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Fuller, Greener Leaves
• Grower's Secret increases fertilizer uptake.
• More chlorophyll production — greener leaves.
Vegetables
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Fuller, Greener Leaves (continued)
• Grower's Secret enables efficient nutrient uptake resulting in fuller, greener leaves.
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Vegetables
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Broccoli
• Application– At transplant and at two week intervals.
• Increased average weight of heads. 11% (from 14.4 oz to 16 oz).
• Increased number of sideshoots 6%. (140.5 to 149).• Increased sideshoot weight 20%. (from 48.8 to
58.3).• Increased total market yield 16%. (from 60.8
pounds to 70.8 pounds).
Vegetables
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Japanese Cucumbers
• Application
– Transplant.
– At 2 week intervals until end of harvest.
• Grower’s Secret plus extra fertilizer increased the weight of harvested #1 fruit by 68%.
• Grower’s Secret increased levels of vitamin A in fruit by 69%.
− 2006, Crop Care Hawaii
Vegetables
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Tomatoes
• Application
– Seedling drench at transplant.
– Two drenches at 30 day intervals.
• Increased total number of fruit by 16% in healthy soil.
• Increased total number of fruit by 142% in root knot nematode infested soil.
• Increased plant growth by 22%.
• Increased flower bunches by 64%.
• Increased total yield (wt) by 54%.
− 2003, HARC evaluation, S. Schenk
Vegetables
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Lettuce
• Application
– Dip at transplant.
– Foliar spray at 2 week intervals.
• Eliminated root knot nematode symptoms on plants at a 1:20,000 fold dilution (far left).
Vegetables
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Lettuce, Cabbage, Celery
• Grower's Secret is very popular with several Kula, Maui growers.
• Kula is the center of "Upcountry" Maui, an agricultural region on the slopes of Mount Haleakala.
Vegetables
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Cabbage
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Vegetables
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Mustard Cabbage
• Grower’s Secret will increase the size and weight of vegetables.
• Image on left is a 3 lb mustard cabbage.
• Regular sized vegetables are obtained in two weeks less time than non treated plants.
• Shorter crop cycle means you can grow several crops annually.
Vegetables
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Celery
• Profuse root systems due to introduction of Grower's Secret.
• "Control" sample; no introduction of Grower's Secret.
• The root system of these plants belong to a culture of celery taken at random.
Vegetables
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Lettuce
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Vegetables
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Celery (continued)
• 3.5 lb celery treated with Grower's Secret.
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
• 0.75 lb Liquid Compost Factor untreated celery.
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Vegetables
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Spinach
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Vegetables
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Barley Seedlings
Untreated. Treated with Grower's Secret.
Vegetables
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Pineapple Roots
• Application– At planting and 12, 24, and 36 weeks after planting.
• Reduced reniform nematode population.• Reduced infection by Pythium.• Lowered precocious flowering.• Increased fruit size.
− UH/Dole/Field study. Sipes, 2006
Fruits
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Bananas
• Application
– Either drench or foliar at monthly intervals.
• Grower’s Secret increased yield by 64%.
• Increased hands per bunch by 20%.
• Increased shelf life.
• Reduced severity of Black Sigatoka disease.
• Reduced populations of Burrowing nematoded in roots.
• Haiku Banana, and Costa Rica.
Fruits
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Bananas (continued)
• Grower's Secret induces nematode resistance.
• Stimulates more flower and fruit per bunch − heavier bunches must be supported.
• Larger, longer fingers.
• Increases number of shoots.
• Increases root formation Reduces toppling of trees.
• Use 2 oz Liquid Compost Factor in 250 gallons of water/fertilizer per acre per month. Drench corm and roots.
• Increase fertilizing to handle rapid banana growth.
• Each bunch of Grower's Secret treated bananas has about 20% more hands.
Fruits
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Peaches
• Grower's Secret treated peaches with a 2 inch diameter, typically 1 inch in diameter.
• Increased fruit set.
• Larger peaches.
Fruits
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Strawberries
• Hawaii Grown Grower's Secret Treated Premium Strawberries Produced During California’s Off Season. Regular size in top row — (coin is a quarter for size reference).
• Grower's Secret will increase flower numbers and will increase fruit size — note number of seeds.
Fruits
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Tomatoes
• Grower's Secret treated tomato plants grew faster and produced more tomatoes with multiple Grower's Secret applications.
• Tomato growers reported 2X increase in yield and high uniformity in fruit size.
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Fruits
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Coffee Tree Roots
Untreated.
Treated with Grower's Secret.
Fruits
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Roses
• Grower's Secret Treated Roses with Flower Buds 3 1/2 weeks after planting.
• Grower's Secret treatment promotes more ornamental flowers per plant.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Roses (continued)
• More shoots and leaves.
• More flowers.
• More new white roots.
• Encourages plant recovery.
Untreated. Treated with Grower's Secret.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Roses (continued)
• More shoots and leaves.
• More flowers.
• More new white roots.
• Encourages plant recovery.
Untreated. Treated with Grower's Secret.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Roses (continued)
• More shoots and leaves.
• More flowers.
• More new white roots.
• Encourages plant recovery.
Untreated. Treated with Grower's Secret.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Roses (continued)
• More shoots and leaves.
• More flowers.
• More new white roots.
• Encourages plant recovery.
Untreated. Treated with Grower's Secret.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Turf Grasses
• Lawns can be established faster with more roots and runner growth.
• Used by Golf Courses - Pukalani Golf Course, the Dune at Maui Lani for green recovery after aeration.
• Used by sod farm for Spencer Homes Subdivision for better sod qualities.
• More roots and runner growth for tighter weave.
• Used in San Francisco parks for lawn and plants.
• Grower's Secret treated lawn in Oregon – note grass growth in shade of tree.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Flowers: Roses (continued)
• Grower’s Secret treated rose (left) has more flowers and leaves than non-treated rose (right).
• Picture of large rose flower from a Grower's Secret treated plant.
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Sycamore Trees
• Sycamore tree defoliated by Anthracnose.
• Sycamore tree 35 days after Grower's Secret trunk and soil drench treatment. • Grower's Secret treated Sycamore
with full foliage 60 days.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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St. Thomas Trees
• Untreated St. Thomas tree. • Grower's Secret treated St. Thomas tree – 5 weeks after application.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Fig Trees
Untreated.Treated with Grower's Secret.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Bush Bean Seeds
Untreated. Treated with Grower's Secret.
Flowers/Ornamentals
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Clinical Testing: Scientific Evidence
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Grower's Secret increaseschickpea yield
24
43
0
10
20
30
40
50
Untreated Grower's Secret
Plants/square meter
1957
2266
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Untreated Grower's Secret
Yield (kilograms/hectare)
Grower's Secret applied to chickpea plants.
Source: University of Idaho study, January 2003; W. Chun.
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Grower's Secret increasespumpkin yield
Grower's Secret applied to "Snack Jack" (edible seeds) pumpkins.
18
23
15
17
19
21
23
25
Untreated Grower'sSecret
Number ofPumpkins
46
64
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Untreated Grower'sSecret
Total Weight ofPumpkins (lbs)
2.5
2.8
1.0
2.0
3.0
Untreated Grower'sSecret
Average Weight ofPumpkins (lbs)
Source: Pennsylvania State University study, June 2004; M.D. Orzolek.
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8.33
10.18
6
8
10
12
Untreated Grower's Secret
Grower's Secret increases tomato plant height, flowers, and fruit (I)
Grower's Secret applied to Rutgers tomatoes increase plant height and flowering ability.
Tomato Plant Height(mean inches)
Tomato Plant Flowers(mean number of flowers per plant)
3.5
5.8
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Untreated Grower's Secret
Source: ABR Tomato Trial at HARC Kunia Farm, Oahu, Hawaii; S. Schenck
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83
130
0
50
100
150
Untreated Grower's Secret
Grower's Secret increases tomato plant height, flowers, and fruit (II)
Grower's Secret applied to Rutgers tomatoes increased number and weight of fruit harvested.
Tomato Plant Harvest(mean number of total tomatoes harvested)
Tomato Weight(mean number total fruit weight)
30
47
0
10
20
30
40
50
Untreated Grower's Secret
Source: ABR Tomato Trial at HARC Kunia Farm, Oahu, Hawaii; S. Schenck
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Grower's Secret is successful in nematode reduction (I)
Grower's Secret applied to Rutgers tomatoes showed less root knotting due to nematode resistance.
14.75
13.00
12
13
14
15
16
Untreated Grower's Secret
Root Knot Rating
Source: ABR Tomato Trial at HARC Kunia Farm, Oahu, Hawaii, January 2003; S. Schenck
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223
166
0
50
100
150
200
250
Untreated Grower'sSecret
Th
ou
san
ds
Grower's Secret is successful in nematode reduction (II)
Grower's Secret applied to coffee trees.
Nematode Egg Count
16981616
0
500
1000
1500
2000
Untreated Grower'sSecret
Nematode J2* Count
* J2 = "Second stage juveniles"
70
34
0
20
40
60
80
Untreated Grower'sSecret
Nematode Male Count
Source: University of Hawaii at Manoa; B. Snipes
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Grower's Secret is successful in reducing fungus
25.0%
5.0%
18.8%
11.3%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
As of Oct 6, 2008 As of Oct 13, 2008
Disease Severity(Percent of dead foliage caused by downy mildew)
Grower's Secret helpful in reducing presence of downy mildew on winter squash.
UntreatedGrower'sSecret
UntreatedGrower'sSecret
Source: North Carolina State University, October 2008; M.L. Adams, G.J. Holmes, S.J. Colucci