NEWS Archive
20th March 2003

Maxicrop increases the activity of beneficial s
oil microbes.

Scientists at the Universities of Wales, Bristol, Portsmouth, Plymouth Seale-Hayne and at the SAC Auchincruive, have shown that Maxicrop not only stimulates the plant's internal growth processes, but also micro-organisms around the developing root.

The researchers have clearly confirmed that very early use of Maxicrop, applied to the root zone, will encourage the microbial population to stimulate the release of more nutrients to the plant and prevent antagonistic fungi from attacking the seedling.

The combined effect of this is to improve root growth, and help the developing seedling combat early disease, such as damping-off, thereby improving emergence counts and providing strong establishment.

The researchers have shown that two applications, applied fairly close together in the early life of the plant, will produce a beneficial, cost-effective response.

It is important that the first application of Maxicrop Triple is made to the rooting environment as early as possible in the plant's life. This 'primes' the soil medium.

A second, normally within six weeks of the first, builds on this and properly 'activates' the system, usually leading to a visible improvement in plant growth.

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