Improve Storage and Shelf Life of Avocados After Picking with Calcium and Good Bacteria Improve Storage and Shelf Life of Avocados After Picking with Calcium and Good Bacteria Calcium and Nitrogen levels play an essential role in the firmness and storage life of your fruit after picking. Glycine Chelated Calcium appli... Read More
A New Zealand Lifestyle Blockers Guide to Winter A New Zealand Lifestyle Blockers Guide to WinterWhen you look outside over your frost covered garden this winter, it might appear dead and lifeless. However, this is an illusion. The garden never sl... Read More
Improve the Quality and Quantity of Vegetable Crops Using Fulvic Acid Improve the Quality and Quantity of Vegetable Crops Using Fulvic Acid Vegetable growers wanting to improve their soil and plant nutrition will be familiar with humic acid and may know that fulvic acid is its princ... Read More
Copper to Aid Defoliation of Vines and Fruit Trees Copper to Aid Defoliation of Vines and Fruit Trees Fruit trees and vines defoliate after harvest season. The leaves change colour and drop off (Fall)… only some trees tend to hold their leave... Read More
Soil …NOT just dirt Soil …NOT just dirt Properties of soil are quite complex made from a combination of both living and nonliving materials, water and air; all of which are of equal i... Read More
Mycorrhizae – The Ultimate Crop Companion Mycorrhizae – The Ultimate Crop CompanionWritten by Asma Johansson What Are Mycorrhizae? Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations that form between the roots of most plant species and fu... Read More
Understanding and Using Trichoderma Fungi Understanding and Using Trichoderma Fungi Written by Donald Lester There are many species of fungi, bacteria, viruses and protozoa commercially available for the biological contr... Read More
Nutrition on Disease Suppression in Plants Nutrition on Disease Suppression in Plants Nutrition has always has been a primary component of disease control and management. Whilst mineral fertilisation is widely understood, the im... Read More
Conditioning Sterilised Soil with Beneficial Bacterial and Fungi Conditioning Sterilised Soil with Beneficial Bacterial and Fungi Written by Donald Lester Nurseries and greenhouses often recycle their soil by sterilising it or composting it. And while sterilised soils migh... Read More
Copper: Helpful or Harmful for Plant Health? Copper: Helpful or Harmful for Plant Health? Written by Donald Lester You might already know that copper is one of the essential micronutrients that plants need for growth, but did you kno... Read More
