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NECESSITY of Fertilizer Reduction when using Products containing SumaGrow . July 2013. Ne ` ces ` si ` ty (noun ) Something essential, especially a basic requirement.
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NECESSITY of Fertilizer Reduction when using Products containing SumaGrow July 2013
Ne ` ces` si ` ty(noun) Something essential, especially a basic requirement
“Every chemical-based pesticide, fumigant, herbicide and fertilizer tested, harms or outright kills some part of the beneficial life [microbes] that exists in the soil...”Dr. E. Ingham, 2002, Soil Food Web, Oregon State UniversityCurrently at the Rodale Institute
To Obtain Higher Quantity,You Must Reduce FertilizerTo Obtain Highest Quality, You Must Eliminate Fertilizer
Wildlife Food Plots SumaGrow™
Holden Research – CA Peppers *Results effected by chemical drift
Big Mistake!! 10,800 Acres x 1 gallon x 4 crops = 43,200 gallons/year @ 2.5 gallons/acre = 108,000 gallons/year Plus another 40,000 acres… Your profit/commission per gallon?
ARKANSAS COTTON 100% Fertilizer compared to 100% fertilizer with a SumaGrow product – 11.2% NEGATIVE YIELD
Arkansas Cotton TrialCut Fertilizer, Yield goes UP 5.2%! 1203
Arkansas Cotton Trial a,b Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).
Arkansas Cotton Trial a,b Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).
Farmer comment:“On all our tests with 100% fertilizer the yields were lower.”
Cotton – North Carolina 76.9% Higher Revenue per bale
Arizona Watermelon Trial Planted Abbott & Cobb #7167 at 1,000 plants/ac. Furrow irrigated. Treatments (20 ac each): SG + 90N, 46P, 74K SG: 0.5 gal/ac pre-plant & 0.5 gal/ac at fruit set. 138N,46P, 74K
Arizona Watermelon Trial a,b, Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).
Arise Research Illinois Corn Trial – 19-21%
Michigan Farmer Obtains 40% Yield Increase with 50% Reduction in Fertilizer 227 bushels/acre with SumaGrow and 162 bushels/acre for control. Increase of 65 bushels x $5.50 NET PROFIT INCREASE OF $357.50/acre (Yield benefit only) Corn plant approx. four weeks old
Other Crops – Same Results • Alfalfa • Cabbage • Cantaloupe • Forage Grasses • Pumpkin • Rice • Soybeans • Strawberries • Sugar Cane
To Obtain Higher Quantity,You Must Reduce FertilizerTo Obtain Highest Quality, You Must Eliminate Fertilizer
Virginia Forage TrialsAverage 15 Fields a,b,c Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).
Michigan State University Greenhouse Study Chlorophyll content * Clover = Shoot Biomass
Manure + SumaGrow vs. Conventional Fertilizer in Tobacco SumaGrownControl
Tobacco - NC Tobacco buyer states this was the biggest and best tobacco he had ever seen!
Nebraska Soybean Trial – R1 a,b Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).
Soybeans NC
Exceptions which prove the RuleExamples where the farmer made more money with 100% fertilizer plus SumaGrow
To Obtain Higher Quantity,You Must Reduce FertilizerTo Obtain Highest Quality, You Must Eliminate Fertilizer