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