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 Info To Grow                                            April 2013
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Common Vegetable Growing Issues
Verdanta Fertilizers Part 2
Verdanta Promotion
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Soil Biofungicides: Biological Warfare at its Finest

 GPN

 

Keep it Clean

Plant Health

Nursery Management

  

Signs of Life: Growers prepare for changes in 2013

Nursery Management 

 

Hort Resource to Support Sustainable Ecological Systems 

Greenhouse Management 

 

Are Your Herbaceous Perennials Sick? 

 Greenhouse Grower

 

Biopesticides: Creating Successful Enviornments and the Future of Biocontrols

Greenhouse Grower Floriicast 

 

Biological Controls and Pesticides Can Work Together

Greenhouse Grower

 

Common Causes of Nutrient Deficiencies  

Greenhouse Grower Floricast

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Tomatoes Vegetable growers will find solutions for controlling insect and disease pressures in this month's feature article. Also highlighted in Part 2 of our series detailing Verdanta fertilizers are OMRI certified Verdanta PL-2 and Verdanta K-Vita.
Vegetable Growers Issues:
Disease and Insect Control 

Matt NeedhamMatt Needham, West Region Technical Sales Manager

 

Have you had issues with Pythium or Fusarium on your tomatoes, cucumbers or squash? Have you battled thrips, aphid or whitefly year after year? Did powdery mildew affect your crops and make it undesirable to sell or eat?

 

Did you know that BioWorks has solutions to these common growing issues plus more?

 

Read on here to know what BioWorks products growers have  

integrated into their vegetable growing programs. Whether it's RootShield, RootShield PLUS, BotaniGard, MycoTrol O or MilStop, BioWorks is here to help you by offering solutions to your toughest growing issues.

 

Our technical experts are available to help you determine which product is best for you. Contact your Regional Technical Sales Manager, or click here.

Verdanta® Fertilizers from BioWorks® Part 2
John Francis John Francis, Technical Services Manager 

 

BioWorks currently has two products in our new Verdanta fertilizer line that are OMRI Listed for organic production.

 

Verdanta® PL-2

 

PL-2Verdanta PL-2 is a liquid suspension fertilizer for use as a  supplemental source of potassium in ornamental and vegetable crops. PL-2 has an analysis of 2-0-6 and is OMRI Listed. 

 

The nutrient source in PL-2 stimulates microbial activity in the root zone of any crop.

 

Verdanta PL-2 can be used as either a constant liquid, or as a periodic feed, to supply N and K.

  

Continue reading the article here for more about PL-2 including an injector ratio chart and use in an EC monitored system.

 

Verdanta® K-Vita™

 K-Vita

Verdanta K-Vita is a high potassium (20%) granular fertilizer made with MINIGRAN® technology and is OMRI Listed. K-Vita, with a 2-0-20 analysis is an excellent supplemental potassium source for crops that benefit from high K levels. K-Vita utilizes organic nutrient sources to provide both the N and K for up to 100 days at 60° F.

 

Continue reading here about K-Vita formulation, organic ingredients and benefits.

  

See the complete line of Verdanta fertilizers here.

 

Verdanta fertilizer samples can be obtained for trials here.
 

 Fertilizer Promotion
Purchase a minimum quantity of Verdanta fertilizer and receive your choice of a free gift!
View the free gifts and promotion details here.
Purchase orders must contain promo code FERT13
Offer ends June 30, 2013
  Verdanta family
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