Fluid Focus - product information

Silica - the nutrient that increases resistance

Having trouble with biotic and abiotic stresses? Would you like to increase your plants resistance against common fungal
diseases? Are you looking for an environmentally friendly way to fight against pests? Did you know that silica applications
increase shelf life?

Stand SKH is a high concentration, clear brown liquid containing 20% silica, 15% potassium and 1% humic acid. The nutrients in Stand SKH are completely soluble and plant available. Humic acid is added to increase plant uptake of the nutrients.Whilst Silica is the second most abundant element in the biosphere (28%), it generally has poor bio-availability. Whilst Silica is not considered to be an essential element for plants it does have several beneficial effects when applied in plant available form.

Kelpak in grapes - various timings achieve different results!

Do you need to improve fruit set in your wine grapes? Would you like to enhance colour or fruit uniformity?
Would improving drought tolerance and nutrient accessibility be an advantage? Do you need a product with organic certification that can be applied at any time of the year?

Kelpak is derived from the world’s fastest growing seaweed, Ecklonia maxima. It is used all over the world for its root growth promoting hormones, of which it has the highest auxin:cytokinin ratio on the market (11 mg/L auxins, 0.031 mg/L cytokinins). Kelpak is produced using a unique harvesting method which makes it possible to collect the raw material at a uniform growth stage. The sap is extracted using pressure only with no heat, frost or harmful chemicals used during the process, thus preserving the normally easily denatured auxin-based hormones.

Give your crop a vitamin hit with Supa Trace Advance

Do you want to maximize the yield potential of your crops? Your N, P and K requirements may be correct but are you unsure about your trace elements?

Adequate trace element levels in cereal and oil crop production is essential for those crops to achieve their highest possible yield potential. In the majority of cases most growers have their N, P K and S requirements under control but find that their yield is limited due to a deficiency in a trace element or a number of trace elements. It only takes one trace element to be limiting to affect the entire yield of a crop.

Humates in Turfgrass Management

Do you want to improve your soil water retention capacity? Are you having problems with limited nutrient availability in sandy soils?

Professional turf grass is often grown on sandbased profiles. While this provides good physical characteristics in terms of water movement, these root-zones are missing many essential components of fertility required to support healthy turf grass growth, including carbon and active microbe populations. Carbon is the basic element forall life forms, including soil microbes.

Give your crop a vitamin hit with Supa Trace Advance

Do you want to maximize the yield potential of your crops? Your N, P and K requirements may be correct but are you unsure about your trace elements??

Adequate trace element levels in cereal and oil crop production is essential for those crops to achieve their highest possible yield potential. In the majority of cases most growers have their N, P K and S requirements under control but find that their yield is limited due to a deficiency in a trace element or a number of trace elements. It only takes one trace element to be limiting to affect the entire yield of a crop.

Supa Humus – healthy sustainable soil

Do you want to build up your soils water retention capacity? Do your crops have stunted growth? Are you having problems with nutrient availability in you heavy clay or sandy soils?

Soil organic matter, or what is commonly called humus, is one of the mostimportant ingredients for maintaining and improving soil fertility . Most Australian soils contain less than 1% humus, with very few soils having more than 2 to 3% humus. This is not enough to maintain sustainable soil fertility and allow your crops to yield to their optimum potential.

Kelpak – get the most out of your zinc seed dressings

Are you using zinc seed dressings? Do you want to get the most out of your products?
Do you want to give yourbroadacre crops the best chance of survival under drought and stress conditions?

A vigorous root system is vital for any seedlings’ survival and can be the difference to increasing yield even under drought conditions. The growth rate of a seedling depends on the ability it has to uptake moisture and nutrients through its newly developed root system. Therefore it is advantageous to any seedling to help speed up growth of new roots.

Kelpak & Canola – Improving Root Growth and Yield

Have you planted Canola this season? Do you want to help realise its yield potential? Do you want to give your canola
the best chance of survival under drought and stress conditions?

Canola plants have a tap root system which develops secondary roots that grow outward and downward from the taproot.
The root system of a mature plant at ripening can be as extensive as 120cm deep and at emergence the rooting depth of
a canola seedling can be 3 to 5 cm.

Avoid P lock up and free insoluble trace elements

Do you have highly alkaline soils? Is P lock up a problem in your soils? Do you want a more residual phosphorus fertiliser?
Are trace elements not plant available in your soils? Do you have difficulty establishing vigorous growth and root
establishment in your seedlings after transplanting?

Polyphos is an ammonium polyphosphate solution which contains phosphorus in the form of polyphosphate and nitrogen
in the form of ammonium. Polyphosphates are long chain phosphate polymers that provide a slow release source of phosphorus to maintain even growth.

High PK Ultra, the Solution to – Quality Crops = Quality Returns $

Does your fruit lack size? Do you want to raise your brix levels? Lack colour in your fruit? Do diseases seem to be attracted
to your plants? Do you want to chase the best price by having high quality colour and size? Why would a phosphorus and potassium product be a good choice for a crop finisher?

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient used for plant structure and biochemical reactions in plants, especially the creation of proteins and new cells. Plants require a ready supply of phosphorus at all stages of growth for photosynthesis, energy
transfer (ATP cycle) and movement of carbohydrates.

Grapevine nutrition post harvest

Do you want optimal budburst next season? Do you want improved flowering and fruit-set to maximise crop yield and returns next season? Is nutrient uptake from the soil limited and causing plant deficiencies? Do you want to improve next season’s
fruit quality now?

The post harvest period for grape vines is an extremely critical time for nutrient absorption, translocation and storage.
The nutrients that are stored in this post harvest period willessentially supply next season’s earlycrop requirements, so
a dollar spent now will allow for maximum return in 2008.

Post harvest nutrition in pome and stone fruit

Do you want to maximise return on investment in 2008? Do you need to increase nitrogen reserves to ensure good bud
burst in spring 2007 and maximize crop yield? Are your soil types naturally deficient in trace elements? Have you seen trace
element deficiencies this year?

The 2006/2007 season has been a tough one for those relying on tree crops for income. This has been the result of wide spread frosts, increased input costs, and water restrictions.The 2007/2008 season is forecast to be a good one with El Nino coming to a close and wet weather forecast for many areas of Australia.

Zinc Application – split the difference

What is the most effective way to provide germinating seeds with zinc? Why are granular fertilisers sometimes not accessible to young seedlings? Would seed dressings work in dry soil? Is it possible that zinc deficiency might cause 20% yield loss without any visible symptoms? What is the role of plant hormones at germination?

Broadacre Zinc is a high analysis zinc oxide (65% Zn) seed dressing with 10% germination booster, designed for easy application, low cost and high return. Broadacre Zinc contains pharmaceutical grade zinc, produced with the most advanced milling technology for the smallest, most plant available particle size. Is manganese required as well? Broadacre 3030
provides equal amounts of both zinc and manganese.

Organic options from Agrichem

Are you looking for an environmentally friendly fertiliser option? Would you like to increase nutrient uptake, improve soil health, and increase microbiological activity or increase tolerance against fungal diseases? Does your crop need help to overcome stress situations? Could you use a low analysis organic product in your nursery?

Agrichem’s Supa Fish (NPK 10-2-9 + Trace Elements) is a unique free flowing fish emulsion supercharged with NPK and
trace elements. OM-3 (NPK 3-0-3) is a natural organic concentrate and biological activator comprising humic acid, kelp
extract and fish emulsion all in one drum.

Extraordinary calcium uptake

Struggling with poor fruit set? Does your fruit have low quality or short shelf life? Do you have trouble with calcium deficiencies? Bitter pit on apples, blossom end rot on tomatoes? Tip burn on leafy vegetables? Why is a continuous supply
of calcium vital?

Grocal MGB (NPK 10-0-0 + 17% Ca, 4% Mg, 0.1% B) is a high analysis liquid, containing calcium, magnesium and boron at optimum levels. This unique formulation offers growers the opportunity to correct deficiencies of all 4 elements as well as improving uptake of calcium by providing boron and magnesium.

Extend the life span of bio insecticides and increasethe predator numbers

Are you using Integrated Pest Management? Would a longer life span of your soft insecticide be of benefit? Do you need to protect applied bio-insecticides from UV breakdown? Would you like to attract more predators to your crop?

Amino Feed UV with well balanced predatory attractants and with 10% built in UV additive has several modes of action that
will economically increase the efficacy of the bio-insecticide against a wide range of insects (armyworm, cotton bollworm, native budworm, cabbage moth, cabbage white butterfly, green looper, light brown apple moth, pear looper, vine moth, and tobacco looper)

Reformulated Supa Trace solves one more problem

Do you need a balanced multitrace element solution to maintain the micronutrient levels in your crop? Or do you need to maximize your crop yields? Do you want to save money on application costs, so need a product that is compatible in tank mixes? Having a problem with multi nutrient deficiencies? Does your crop have confusing visual symptoms? No sap test?
Are you unsure which micronutrient causes the problem? Do you need something that will be quickly absorbed
and effective across a range of nutrient deficiencies?

Agrichem’s Supa Trace 10 has been reformulated and is now sold as Supa Trace Advance. The new formulation of Supa Trace Advance contains boron another one of the many essentialmicronutrients for plants.