Certified organic range
At Biostart, we have created an organic biological range that allows growers and farmers to activate and utilise microbes that are critical for plant health, growth and productivity. Our range is certified by NASAA and BioGro as input for organic production.
What do you grow?
Tree crops, berries & citrus
Vegetables
Grapes & wine
Kiwifruit
Maize, cereals & grain crops
Pasture
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Our organic range
Tree crops, berries and citrus
Our standard top fruit programme
For Apples, Stonefruit, Pipfruit, Berries, Avocados and Citrus
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | Prior to planting | Apply Organic Mycorrcin 2 L/ha to the planting strip. Follow up with the standard Organic Mycorrcin programme. |
At planting | Soak roots of all the plants for planting in a large container of 1:100 Organic Mycorrcin (10 mL/1 L per plant) solution for 20 minutes. Then add 1 L of 1:100 Organic Mycorrcin to the planting hole and plant the tree. | |
In Spring | In Spring apply 6 L/ha sprayed on to the soil. | |
In the growing season | In the growing season apply 2 L/ha sprayed onto the soil with any nutritional sprays. | |
In Autumn | In Autumn apply 4 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. | |
Fertigation | For fertigation apply 1 L/ha/month added to irrigation system. | |
First time use | Apply 10 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. | |
At flowering | Apply 4 L/ha sprayed on to the soil. | |
Organic Foliacin | Early growth/first cover spray up to flowering, then after flowering up to harvest/late season | Apply 100 mL/100 L/ha of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. |
After periods of stress | Apply 200 mL/100 L i of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. | |
Organic Digester | At Autumn/post-harvest | Apply 4 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L of water applied over leaf litter and prunings to the soil. |
For heavy disease over-wintering, cut-out diseased orchards, compacted or water-logged soil | Apply 6 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L of water. |
Our standard strawberry programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | At planting | Add 4 L/ha via the fertigation system. |
From flowering to end of harvest | Apply 1 L/ha/fortnight through the fertigation system. | |
Organic Foliacin | Early growth/first cover spray up to flowering, then after flowering up to harvest/late season | Apply 100 mL/100 L/ha of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. |
After periods of stress | Apply 200 mL/100 L/ha of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. |
Nursery programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | At planting | Soak root stocks in a 1:100 Organic Mycorrcin (1 L/100L water) solution for 20 minutes. |
After planting | Apply 4 L/ha Organic Mycorrcin. | |
Monthly | Apply Organic Mycorrcin 1 L/ha via fertigation system. |
Rescue Programmes
Having trouble with your crops? We have a variety of products and programmes to get you back on track. If you can’t spot what you need below, please contact your sales rep and we can sort out a solution tailored to your specific needs.
Product | Timing | Application |
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Stress | ||
Organic Mycorrcin | After stress | Apply 10 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. |
Problem soil | ||
Organic Mycorrcin | When needed | Apply 6 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. |
Vegetables
Growing healthy crops and obtaining good yields requires thriving soil and plant biology.
We have created a range of certified-organic products and programmes that allow growers to achieve these results through activating naturally occurring soil and plant microbes that are critical for nutrient uptake and optimising vegetable crop health.
We have programmes for a wide range of crops (including potatoes, brassicas, lettuce, pumpkin, squash, carrots, onions and sweet potatoes), taking you from seedling through to harvest.
Reduce spray stress This brochure shows the effect of Organic Foliacin on green bean plants. Read more | |
Vegetable Seedling Trial Trials on broccoli, lettuce and cauliflower seedlings treated with Organic Mycorrcin showed greater root development and bigger, sturdier and more uniform seedling size. Read more |
Standard certified organic vegetable programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | Seedling sowing | Treat seedling trays with a 0.5 L/tray of a dilute Mycorrcin Solution (1:100 or 1%). |
Seedling planting | Apply 6 L/ha Organic Mycorrcin to the seed bed at sowing. | |
Transplanting | Dip or drench in a solution of 1 part Organic Mycorrcin to 100 parts water. | |
Planting/sowing | 6 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. | |
Potatoes at planting | 6 L/ha in furrow. | |
Organic Foliacin | Early growth/first cover spray through to harvest | 0.5 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L/ha of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. |
After periods of stress such as drought, extreme heat or phytotoxicity | 1 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L/ha of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. | |
Organic Digester | Cover crops at spray out, prior to planting | Apply Organic Digester at 4 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L/ha of water along with herbicide. |
Seedling programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | At sowing | Treat seedling trays with an Organic Mycorrcin and water mix of 0.5 L/tray of 1:100). |
After planting | Apply 6 L/ha Organic Mycorrcin to the seed bed at planting. | |
Transplanting | Dip or drench in a solution of 1 part Organic Mycorrcin to 100 parts water. |
Problem Soil Programme
Having trouble with your crops and think your soil might be the cause? We can help you to get you back on track. If you can’t spot what you need below, please contact your sales rep and we can sort out a solution tailored to your specific needs.
Product | Timing | Application | Organic Mycorrcin | When needed | Apply 6 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. |
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Grapes and wine
Premium grape programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | Bud break | Apply 10 L/ha under vine. |
Organic Foliacin | Early growth/first cover spray up to flowering | 250 mL/100 L in a minimum of 200 L of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. |
After flowering and up to harvest | 100 mL/100 L in a minimum of 500 L of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. | |
After periods of stress | 200 mL/100 L in a minimum of 500 L of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 10–14 days. | |
Organic Digester | Post Harvest: From early autumn through to mulching in early winter | Apply 6 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L of water applied over leaf litter and prunings to the soil over the whole vineyard floor. If prunings are to be mulched then apply a total of 6 L/ha: in early autumn apply 4 L/ha on to prunings, and apply a further 2 L/ha after the prunings have been mulched. For heavy disease overwintering, cut-out diseased vines, compacted or water-logged soil apply 6L/ha |
Frost recovery programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | Immediately after frost | Immediately apply Organic Mycorrcin at 5 L/sprayed ha (can be applied with weed spray or via fertigation system). |
Every month until harvest | Apply Organic Mycorrcin at 1 L/ha. | |
Organic Foliacin | 10 days after frost | At 10 days after the frost apply Organic Foliacin at 1 L/ha (can be applied with a cover spray). |
When grapes are at pea size | Apply Organic Foliacin at 1 L/ha at pea size (can be applied with a cover spray). | |
From veraison | From veraison apply Organic Foliacin at 0.5 L/ha about every 14 days with cover sprays. | |
Organic Digester | After harvest | After harvest apply Digester at 4 L/sprayed ha to activate decomposition microbes and stimulate breakdown of any residual grape mark. |
Drought Resilience Programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Foliacin | Throughout periods of drought | 1 L Foliacin every 2–3 weeks to maintain canopy |
Kiwifruit
Stephen McTurk is an organic kiwifruit grower and consultant, as well as a long-term user of Organic Mycorrcin. Stephen recommends Organic Mycorrcin to all the growers he consults with.
Standard kiwifruit programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | Prior to planting | Apply Organic Mycorrcin 2 L/ha to the planting area. Apply 1 L of 1:100 Organic Mycorrcin to the planting hole and plant the vine. Follow up with the standard Organic Mycorrcin program. 4 L/ha Apply 10 L/ha to turn around struggling blocks. |
In early Spring at bud break | Apply 6 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. | |
At blossom | Apply 4 L/ha sprayed onto the soil with weed spray. | |
In Autumn after harvest | Apply 4 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. | |
Rescue programme | For orchards under stress apply 10 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. Start the Standard Organic Mycorrcin Programme. | |
First time use and problem soils | Apply 6 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. | |
Organic Foliacin | Early growth/first cover spray up to flowering, then after flowering up to harvest/late season | Apply 100 mL/100 L in a minimum of 1,000 L/ha of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 21-28 days. Target to make five applications over the growing season. Don’t apply over flowering. |
After periods of stress | Apply 200 mL/100 L in a minimum of 1,000 L/ha of water with crop protection and/or nutritional spray applications. Re-apply every 21–28 days. | |
Organic Digester | Autumn/Post-harvest; Post-pruning and/or leaf fall | Apply 6 L/ha in a minimum of 1,000 L of water applied over leaf litter and prunings to the soil. For heavy disease over-wintering, cut-out diseased orchards, compacted or water-logged soil: 8 L/ha in a minimum of 1,000 L of water. |
Maize, cereals and grain crops
Our approach to maize, cereal and grain crops revolves around biologically enriching soil with Organic Mycorrcin, so you can grow nutrient-dense crops, then using Organic Digester to break down crop trash and recycle nutrients and organic matter back into the soil.
Standard organic maize, cereal and grain programme
Product | Use | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | Maize, cereal, pulse, oil seed and fibre crops | At sowing, apply 2 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. For problem soils apply 4 L/ha in 200 L of water. Co-apply with 10 mL/ha BioStart N, N-fixing bacteria for sustained plant growth. |
Organic Digester | Post-harvest Maize and Cereal Silage | Post-harvest apply 2 L/ha in a minimum 200 L of water to the soil during or after stubble incorporation. |
Post-harvest Maize grain, cereal grains, pulses and oil seed crops | Post-harvest apply 4 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L of water to soil during or after stubble incorporation. |
Pasture
Our pasture programme allows you to grow nutrient-dense pasture by biologically enriching the soil using Organic Mycorrcin in Spring, and using Digester in winter to recycle nutrients back to the soil.
Standard pasture programme
Product | Timing | Application |
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Organic Mycorrcin | Spring and Autumn, 6–8 weeks prior to required increase in pasture production. | After grazing apply 2 L/ha in 200 L of water sprayed onto pasture. |
Organic Digester | In Spring or Autumn | Apply 3 L/ha on to browntop trash affected pastures in a minimum of 200 L of water. For helicopter applications the minimum water rate is 40 L/ha. |
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