|
Mother Nature's recipe for plant success
Symbio MycoForce is a radical new approach to the cultivation of virtually all plants. The same growth principles apply for plants used for food, ornamental display, forestry, and landscape or amenity sports turf.
At Symbio we appreciate that all businesses must make a profit to survive and grow. Our Research programme and product range is set firmly to the future when profitable plant production and landscaping will go hand in hand with environmental responsibility. Our aim is to give better plants at less financial and environmental cost.
Intensive practices in the nursery, heavily cropped and fumigated fields, the golf course, land reclamation sites or the urban jungle rely on heavy applications of chemical fertilisers, fungicides, pesticides and water.
Excess fertiliser applied to sterile soils leads to soft growth and fungal disease, fungicide is applied, and the natural microbes that recycle nutrient are destroyed so more fertiliser is used and the circle repeats itself.
The plants on the right were grown to best nursery practice with high fertiliser and fungicide. The vigorous plants on the left were inoculated with Symbio MycoForce mycorrhizae and grown with half the fertiliser and no fungicides.
The MycoForce range lets you break the circle by applying the mycorrhiza and other rhizosphere bacteria and fungi that have evolved support systems for plants over hundreds of millions of years.
Why Mycorrhiza and Rhizobacteria and Fungi?
The simple answer is that plants grown with the help of the soil microorganisms found in their natural growing environment, are stronger, healthier, require less chemical maintenance and provide better flowers, fruit and crops.
One type of soil organism mycorrhizal fungi has been singled out by many soil scientists and agronomists as being the key element for cleaner, more sustainable growing systems.
"Global interest in the fungi has now reached a point whereby any discussion of agricultural biotechnology that does not include the role of endo mycorrhizal fungi is considered incomplete." (M. Habte, Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Hawaii)
Modern growing techniques using sterile growing media, sterilised or overworked chemically depleted fields, landscaping on marginal soils or sand golf greens, rely heavily of fertiliser and fungicide use to gets plants to grow.
Thousands of studies and field trials show that the re introduction of mycorrhizae and symbiotic soil bacteria and fungi into these sterile conditions allow plants to flourish as nature intended, with less chemical input.
Applications of mycorrhiza have shown the following commercial benefits
- Increased productivity
- Increased crop uniformity
- Reduced time to market
- Reduced transplant losses
- Reduced fertiliser and fungicide applications
- Increased disease resistance
- Improved crop marketability
- Accelerated growth rates
- Accelerated budding and flowering
The products in the Symbio MycoForce range contain:
Ecto mycorrhizae These fungi form a sheath around the root and associate with Coniferous trees, oak, beech, birch, willow, hickory, and chestnut.
Endo mycorrhizae These fungi actually grow inside root cells and around the root and associate with most broad leaved hardwoods, fruit and nut trees together with most flowering plants, vegetables and shrubs (not laurels, rhododendrons, heather or azaleas).
Beneficial soil bacteria and fungi These are fixed to an engineered mineral support, via the patented Biofixation process. These microbes drive the essential nutrient cycles of the soil, facilitate mycorrhizae, and promote the uptake of nutrients and minerals by the plant.
Membrane Effectors, Resistance Inducers, and Biostimulants Revolutionary blends of complex plant extracts and minerals have been proven to stimulate photosynthesis and encourage the secretion of photohormones, promoting greater root, leaf, and flower growth.
Our products are designed for ease of use and application in every situation from planting seeds to plugs, bare root, containerised, or root balled trees and injecting mature trees, shrubs and vines in situ.
"The potential application of endo mycorrhizal fungi in agriculture is very great, especially in areas where stresses from soil drought, nutrient deficiency, or disturbance are known ... The time is near when due consideration must be given to managing rhizosphere microorganisms, including inoculation with specific mycorrhizal fungi..." (Robert Linderman, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory)
The MycoForce Horticulture Range
MycoForce Whip Dip A root dip with HydroAid hydrogels for bare root and small-containerised plants. Available in ecto and ecto-endo mixed.
MycoForce Transplanter For dusting onto the roots of plugs and containerised or root-balled plants at the time of potting on. Available in ecto and ecto-endo mixed.
MycoForce Ecto Tabs Easy to apply planting tablets for containerised plants.
MycoForce Potting Mix A media additive for use before planting containerised plants (for 1-5 Lt containers). Available in ecto and ecto-endo mixed.
MycoForce Plug Mix A media additive for plant cuttings and plugs (of less than 1 inch). Available in ecto and ecto-endo mixed.
MycoForce Plug Drench A soluble powder for drenching the roots of small plants and plugs. Available in ecto and ecto-endo mixed.
MycoForce Seed Coat A powder for mixing with seed before planting. Available in endo only.
MycoForce Foliar Spray For use on grass and tree leaves as well as leafy shrubs. Comprising membrane effectors and resistance conductors made from plant extracts and minerals that stimulate chlorophyll production and enhances blade growth.
MycoForce and enhanced plant growth
Mycorrhizal roots can occupy a surface area up to ten times larger than un-colonised roots. This means much more effective nutrient uptake. Fertiliser applications can often be reduced by 50-75% while at the same time doubling root and top growth.
Daphne odora The plants on the left were grown with Symbio MycoForce Transplanter with half rate fertiliser. The plants on the right were non-inoculated and grown with full rate fertiliser.
MycoForce for Fruit and Vegetables
Many vegetables and fruit trees have thick fleshy roots, which have evolved to take up nutrient through mycorrhizal association. Plant them in sterile, or fumigated soils or peat and you have to apply large quantities of nutrient to get the desired yields.
In many trials yields have increased by over 30% when the roots are inoculated with Mycorrhizae. Inoculation is simple either by a seed coat, root dip, plug mix, or drench. One inoculation lasts the life of the plant.
Email us for trials data, we will be pleased to put all commercial growers on our mailing list to receive up to date research and trials data.
MycoForce and disease control
For over 300 million years mycorrhizae have evolved to protect their host plant from diseases (If the host dies the mycorrhizae die so the incentive is there)
Hundreds of academic and field studies have shown that plants inoculated with mycorrhiza will grow successfully even though the roots are infected with diseases such as phytophera, fusarium and pythium.
Mycorrhizae protect virtually all plants and are of particular benefit to growers of intensively reared vegetable and fruit crops and horticulturists growing nursery stock and many bedding plants.
Download Summaries of studies
Elagnus frederickii
The plants on the left were grown with Symbio MycoForce Transplanter with half rate fertiliser with no fungicides. The plants on the right were non-inoculated and grown with full rate fertiliser with fungicides
|
