Before the winter cereal sowing season we draw your attention to the importance of treating seed with special fertilizers. This technique supplies the plant with the most important macro- and microelements in the period from germination until it switches to feeding from its own root system, and also activates physiological processes in the young plant, which significantly helps it endure adverse weather and preserve its yield potential.
Analyzing the results of using «ECOORGANIC» fertilizers in 2020, we were once again convinced of the effectiveness of GROS Rootgrowth and ECOLINE Phosphite (K) for seed treatment. Thanks to their content of phosphorus in the form of phosphite, these fertilizers considerably improve the protection of seedlings from pathogens and stimulate root system development, which in the dry conditions of autumn lets the plant obtain moisture from deeper soil layers. The biologically active substances in the composition of GROS Rootgrowth reduce the effect of stress on the plant and ensure faster growth and development. In addition, GROS Rootgrowth helps raise the content of dry matter, in particular sugars, needed for successful overwintering of plants.
As a rule, our farming partners use a whole feeding programme for winter cereals with «ECOORGANIC» fertilizers: seed treatment + one or two foliar applications at tillering / flag leaf / stem elongation / heading. In such cases it is hard to single out the role of a particular fertilizer in the final yield increase. However, results of production trials in which there was only seed treatment with GROS Rootgrowth and ECOLINE Phosphite (K) (with no foliar feeding during the growing season) show that obtaining an extra 5–10% of yield thanks to this technique alone is entirely realistic!
| Farm name | Fertilizers used for seed treatment | Field area | Control yield | Yield with «ECOORGANIC» fertilizers | Yield increase |
| Piatydni LLC, Volyn region | GROS Rootgrowth 1.0 l/t + ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 0.5 l/t |
5 ha | 66.0 c/ha | 70.0 c/ha | + 4.0 c/ha (+6%) |
| Ahrolan Krupets LLC, Rivne region | GROS Rootgrowth 1.0 l/t + ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 0.5 l/t |
5 ha | 70.7 c/ha | 76.0 c/ha | + 5.3 c/ha (+7,5%) |
| Pravda LLC, Kirovohrad region | GROS Rootgrowth 1.0 l/t + ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 1.0 l/t |
31.5 ha | 36.7 c/ha | 40.1 c/ha | + 3.4 c/ha (+9%) |
| Dzvony agricultural firm, Lviv region | GROS Rootgrowth 1.0 l/t + ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 0.5 l/t |
0.85 ha | 62.3 c/ha | 67.2 c/ha | + 4.9 c/ha (+8%) |
| Karlivka Agricultural Research Station LLC, Poltava region | GROS Rootgrowth 1.0 l/t + ECOLINE Cereal (Chelates) 0.5 l/t |
10 ha | 43.0 c/ha | 45.0 c/ha | + 2.0 c/ha (+4,7%) |
GROS Rootgrowth video
Piatydni LLC, Volyn region. Interim assessments on 20.03.2020. K – control (no seed treatment), 1 – seed treatment according to the farm scheme, 2 – seed treatment with GROS Rootgrowth 1.0 l/t + ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 0.5 l/t