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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