Pre-Sowing Treatment of Winter Cereal Seed with Specialised Fertilizers

The time to prepare winter cereal seed for sowing is approaching. Dressing and treating winter seed with special fertilizers is an extremely responsible measure that affects plant growth and development in autumn, when there is a shortage of growth resources (moisture, warmth). Applying microelements and other biologically active substances to the seed surface is the most effective way of using them, supplying the most important macro- and microelements in the period from germination to switching to feeding from the plant's own root system. The presence of phosphorus in the form of phosphite in such compositions substantially strengthens plant resistance to fungal diseases. Using biologically active compounds potentially gives results that cannot be achieved in other ways. Among them, amino acids and phytohormones are notable for the highest effectiveness.

Amino acids are derivatives of carboxylic acids in whose hydrocarbon radical one or several hydrogen atoms are replaced by an amino group.

In the course of ontogeny plants independently synthesize, according to their genetic code, all the amino acids they need, since these are the «building material» for more complex substances. Inhibition of amino acid synthesis as a result of some factors is exactly the negative reaction that restrains or for some time stops growth and development. In such cases the supply of free amino acids to the plant from outside improves plant condition.

Phytohormones are organic compounds of various chemical nature produced by specialized tissues of higher plants, which in low concentrations exert a regulatory influence on ontogenetic processes and regulate plant growth and development. They are an important component of the regulation systems of higher plant ontogeny and are concentrated mainly in actively growing tissues, in the zones of root and stem apices. The proven effectiveness of foliar application of phytohormones has made it possible to use them in crop production.

In 2017 ECOORGANIC registered and launched on the market a new line of fertilizers for foliar feeding of plants and seed treatment called GROS . Among them, for the autumn period the most effective composition is GROS Rootgrowth. The well-chosen composition and forms of active ingredients strengthen the growth energy of the seedling and young plant (amino acids and phosphorus in the form of phosphite), and the ratio of auxins to cytokinins intensifies cell division in meristem tissues. Treating seed before sowing with GROS Rootgrowth provides:

1) faster growth of the root system and, as a result, faster and stronger formation of aboveground mass;

2) increased resistance to disease agents;

3) higher content of dry matter, in particular sugars, needed for successful overwintering of plants.

GROS Rootgrowth

A liquid fertilizer, a root system growth stimulator for plants. Phosphorus in the form of phosphite and phytohormones ensure active growth of the plant root system. Recommended for pre-sowing seed treatment, treating the roots of vegetable and ornamental seedlings, trees and shrubs before planting, and planted crops to improve establishment.