BioStart

We are delighted to have our new and bigger factory completed and up and running - perfect timing to meet a lift in demand we have experienced over spring. Thanks to all who came along to the opening and took a tour- it was great to catch up! #Biostart #biostimulants #agritech #Mycorrcin

NZ Kiwifruit growers, are you ready for sooty mould season? Sooty mould means that otherwise perfectly good kiwifruit gets rejected at the packhouse, which is a waste of time, money and fruit. We have developed a biofungicide to help NZ growers with just this sort of problem. TripleX has an anti-fungal microbe that goes to war with sooty mould, decimating its ability to replicate and ruin fruit. Applying early in the season allows TripleX to build a protective microbial army to see off sooty mould before it gets a foothold. Check out our full sooty mould strategy here: biostart.co.nz/triplex/ TripleX is on the Zespri Crop Protection Standard, is certified organic and is ACVM registered. To make it even easier, TripleX is also compatible with many commonly used fungicides and insecticides allowing it to be co-applied and only has a two-day withholding period. Available at local rural retailers or give our kiwifruit specialist, Phil Carter, a ring on 027 534 4080. #NZkiwifruit #kiwifruit #sootymould #biofungicide #biostart #TripleX

Phil has been at it again, advising on soil health and the role biologicals can play getting your orchards up to optimal health. Great work, Phil! #biostart #soilhealth #regen #kiwifrui

Mixing Mycorrcin in with Glyphosate mitigates against loss of biology, so whether you are a spray strip, grass sward or regen mix person, you can support the biology in your soil. And, as we know, better biology means better crops. Thanks for your good work yet again, Phil, and all the best for the season, Luis! #kiwifruit #soilbiology #biostimulants #soilhealth #Mycorrcin #biostart

Tennyson has been out and about in Victoria this week checking how Foliacin is helping with cherries. One grower was running an assessment on a difficult variety comparing a Foliacin treated area with an area using their usual cracking control product when Tennyson dropped by. The results, in line with our trials, showed an improvement in the uniformity of ripening and a big lift in yield, partly through a significant reduction in cracking. If you want to know more about our biological range, which includes organic versions and is designed to be co-applied and easy to use, you can ring Tennyson in AU on +61 455 494 993 or 0800 116 229 in NZ or you can find more trial work and application rates on our websites. biostart.com.au biostart.co.nz Foliacin is also sold in Italy here www.lgobbi.it/ #cherrycracking #cherries #australiancherries #biostimulants #organic #biostart #foliacin

Jerome headed to Esperance in Western Australia to visit another set of canola trials seeking to establish the effect of Biostart’s Mycorrcin. These trials have been set up with top growers in the area by agronomist Lucy Burrows from Clarke and Stokes. First visit was Steve Lloyd’s farm where a 20 ha strip has been treated. Things are looking good even with an exceptionally dry year for the area, with earlier root growth observed in the treated canola, at right of the bottle in the picture below. With harvest close, the effect on yield will be known soon. biostart.com.au biostart.co.nz #canola #australia #cropping #biostimulants #innovation #Mycorrcin #biostart

Phil has been talking about soil health with avocado growers. Thanks to Trevalyan’s for hosting!

Second stop on the Biostart canola trial tour in Western Australia saw Jerome and Michael Lamond, from SLR, head to top farmer Scott Young’s farm to hear about his experience with Mycorrcin. Scott, who is meticulously running several trials on his farm, stopped his busy day baling to confirm the data gathered by SLR detailing earlier emergence, which helps with weed control, and greater biomass, which is typically an indicator for greater yield. We look forward to seeing his yield results once harvest is completed. See Jerome wading around in this amazing canola crop below right- almost head high! #biostimulants #soilhealth #Australiancrops #biostart #innovation #trials #Mycorrcin #canola

Jerome is currently out and about in Western Australia looking at row crop trials being done by SLR with Biostart’s Mycorrcin. First up were the canola trials being run on several different farms. Michael Lamond, the driving force behind these detailed trials, took Jerome to the McGill farm, near Bolgart, first. There, drone and sattelite imaging showing faster emergence and greater biomass was confirmed by a walk through the treated and untreated areas, shown below. Once harvested, in the next few weeks, we will be able to let you know how this has affected yield. #biostimulants #Mycorrcin #soilhealth #canola #Australiancrops #research #biostart

Foliacin season is underway! Using Foliacin through the growing season results in sturdy, dark green plants with balanced, uniform growth and consistent crop yield and quality, even in adverse years – and a whole lot more... Beyond the obvious good health of the crop there are incredibly wide-ranging specific benefits shown in trials. Foliacin treated kiwifruit and broccoli head sizes are bigger, as are the cane, branch and trunk diameters of grape vines and fruit and nut trees, fruit yield and quality are improved with big reductions in cracking in cherries, for example, and improvements to wine flavour, to name just a few. We have also seen growth continuing during and after drought and after frost where Foliacin is used. How does it work? Foliacin is designed to stimulate the beneficial foliar biology on plant foliage. These microbes then create a complex range of responses in the plant which optimises the plants resilience and sturdy growth. 1.     Foliacin stimulates the plant ‘immune system’ to react, making plants resilient against drought, frost and other weather extremes, as well as disease threats, spray drift and phytotoxicity. 2.     Foliacin stimulates microbes that help grow bigger, cooler leaves and repair the protective leaf biofilm which both keeps the plant cooler and lifts photosynthesis. 3.     The energy from the extra photosynthesis then heads down to the roots to pick up more nutrients – especially when good soil biology is set up with Mycorrcin and Digester prior. Learn more about foliar biostimulants in our bioguide No. 8 here: biostart.co.nz/bioguides Foliacin is used from spring and through the growing season, usually as part of the Biostart Biological Programme which includes the soil biostimulants Digester (used off-season for recycling nutrients and organic matter) and Mycorrcin (used in spring and summer to make nutrients available and lift healthy root growth). Foliacin, Mycorrcin and Digester are made using renewable advanced fermentation technology and are available in both conventional and certified organic form in Australia and New Zealand. Foliacin and Mycorrcin (as LG81) are available in Italy. Keeping the grower in mind, they are also designed to be co- applied, store at room temperature and overall be easy to use. Find out more about Foliacin and your crop and trials on our website: NZ  biostart.co.nz  Ph 0800 116 229 AU  biostart.com.au   Ph Tennyson Blake +61 455 494 993  IT    www.lgobbi.it #biostimulants #biologicals #Foliacin #Mycorrcin #Biostart #microbialtechnology #planthealth