VEGETABLES
Growing healthy crops and obtaining good yields requires thriving soil and plant biology.
Mycorrcin
Improve soil health by activating beneficial soil microbes and mycorrhizal fungi. Certified organic version available.
Foliacin
Foliar spray for improved plant health and resilience. Organic version available.
Digester
Decomposition product for faster plant breakdown and nutrient recycling. Organic version available.
How we can help
At Biostart, we have created a biostimulant range that allows growers to achieve higher yields of nutrient-rich vegetables that store well through activating naturally occurring soil and plant microbes that are critical for nutrient uptake and crop health.
Our biostimulant products are compatible with nutritional and pest and disease control products so can be easily added into your current growing programme.
We have biostimulant programmes for a wide range of crops including: potatoes, brassicas, lettuce, pumpkin, squash, carrots, onions and kumara/sweet potatoes.
Lettuce seedlings at 42 days
Untreated (L) and Mycorrcin-treated (R)
Incised Leaf Lettuces
Untreated (L) and Mycorrcin-treated (R)
Cauliflower seedlings at 36 days
Untreated (L) and Mycorrcin-treated (R)
Cauliflower seedlings at 28 days
Untreated (L) and Mycorrcin-treated (R)
Broccoli seedling system
Untreated (L) and Mycorrcin-treated (R)
Spinach-Foliacin-Before-and-After
Evidence
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Testimonial: Lok Chow, Coolibah Herbs, Victoria. Lok Chow is the Senior Agronomist at Coolibah Herbs, Victoria, where he is using Foliacin to improve the quality of their salad crops. Read more |
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Good Fruit and Vegetables Article, Thursday May 26, 2022 Good Fruit and Vegetables newspaper have published an article about our biological products and the effects they can have on soil and plants, with a focus on the benefits for brassica growers. Read more |
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Vegetable Seedling Trial Trials on broccoli, lettuce and cauliflower seedlings treated with Mycorrcin showed greater root development and bigger, sturdier and more uniform seedling size. Read more |
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Lettuce Trial A series of trials conducted in commercial crops in New Zealand and Australia demonstrated that Mycorrcin increases lettuce head size… Read more |
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Broccoli Trial Mycorrcin improves broccoli yield. Read more |
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Carrot Trial Mycorrcin used on a commercial carrot crop in Ohakune improved carrot yield, reduced rejects and increased profits. Read more |
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Kumara Trial Northland trials showed that Mycorrcin-treated kumara crops had a higher plant survival rate, higher kumara tuber weights and improved marketable kumara yield. Read more |
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Reduce spray stress in your green beans Beans treated with Foliacin recover more quickly from spray stress. Read more |
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Cauliflower Trial Mycorrcin and Foliacin were trialled on autumn-planted cauliflower in a commercial market garden in Pukekohe. Read more |
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Onion Trial Mycorrcin improves onion yield and bulb size. Read more |
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Potato Trial Mycorrcin improves potato yield. Read more |
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Digester Trials Trials show that Digester enhances the breakdown of crops, improves asparagus crop trash breakdown and improves yield in maize crops the season after use. Read more |
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Digester Technical Sheet Find out how Digester works, what it can do for your vegetables and cover crops and how to use it. Read more |
How to use our products
Standard vegetable programme
This programme can be used for a range of vegetables including greens, root crops, cucurbits, legumes, tomatoes, sweetcorn and potatoes.
| Product | Timing | Application |
|---|---|---|
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 Mycorrcin to the seed bed at sowing. | |
| Transplanting | Dip or drench in a solution of 1 part Mycorrcin to 100 parts water. | |
| Planting/sowing | 6 L/ha sprayed onto the soil. | |
| Potatoes at planting | 6 L/ha in furrow. | |
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. |
Notes
For best results apply Mycorrcin to moist soil and/or water in.
Mycorrcin can be mixed and applied with most herbicides and liquid fertilisers.
Foliacin can be mixed and applied with commonly used fungicides and liquid fertilisers.
In times of high stress increase rate to 2 L/ha.
Cover crop programme
| Product | Timing | Application |
|---|---|---|
Digester |
Cover crops at spray out, prior to planting | Apply Digester at 4 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L/ha of water along with herbicide. |
Crop trash programme
This programme has been designed to speed up the breakdown of crop residues. The hero is our product Digester. Digester is a microbial stimulator that activates beneficial naturally-occurring saprophytic microbes in your soil that are responsible for crop trash decomposition.
| Product | Timing | Application |
|---|---|---|
| Digester |
Post-harvest | 4 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L/ha of water over crop trash to the soil. For crops with heavy disease over-wintering, e.g. asparagus, apply 6 L/ha in a minimum of 200 L of water. Then lightly incorporate. |
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