The most economical technique, giving a tangible effect!

The result provided by treating seed before sowing is hard to compare with any foliar treatment of growing plants with special fertilizers. It is the availability of a reserve of nutrients, in particular micro- and macroelements and biologically active compounds, that lets plants start quickly and develop effectively in the early phases.

The first step to success!

In field crop feeding technologies, seed treatment is a key element of the overall feeding scheme to be applied during the growing season. Supplying plants with nutrients precisely in the period of germination and switching to feeding from their own root system sets the pace of further development of both the root system and the aboveground part. Considering that recently the lack of sufficient moisture is the main limiting factor in most agroclimatic zones of Ukraine, a powerful root system is not only the guarantee of the expected yield level but also a safeguard in conditions where the weather not only does not help but threatens the growing plants.

Minimum costs, maximum effect!

Given the quite low rate of special fertilizers per unit mass of seed (when converted to the per hectare rate), the cost of treatment is considerably lower than the cost of any foliar feeding, and localizing all substances needed in the early development phases directly on the seed ensures their complete and effective use and uptake.

Consider how important it is:

- Even seedlings

- A powerful root system

- Higher plant density (more productive stems)

- Higher plant resistance to disease

- Weather does not prevent the treatment

The purpose of autumn foliar feedings of winter cereals is to create better conditions for overwintering. First of all, such feedings help plants reach the required development stage before winter. In addition, they promote the accumulation of dry matter in plants, including sugars, which in turn prevents plant exhaustion during the unstable weather of modern winters.

Autumn feeding is carried out at the 4–6 leaf stage to the start of tillering. In this period the most necessary element is magnesium. In combination with microelements it is responsible for chlorophyll formation in leaves and significantly affects photosynthetic productivity and the synthesis of carbohydrates and their transport from leaves to roots. The absence of deficiency of this element promotes the formation of a powerful root system and raises the concentration of sugars at the growing point.

In recommendations on the advisability of foliar feeding, the choice of a particular fertilizer and the application rate, the sowing dates of winter cereals, the development stage and condition of plants and the weather must be taken into account, namely:

  • With late sowing dates, poorly developed plants (in particular sown after preceding crops that leave a large mass of crop residues incorporated 1.5–2 months before sowing winter crops), with low night and relatively high daytime temperatures, the optimal composition is GROS Amino-Zn 0.5 l/ha + ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) 1.0 l/ha.
  • On soils of light texture, where magnesium and microelement deficiency may appear, we recommend using ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) 1.0–1.5 l/ha.

  • On carbonate soils under insufficient moisture hidden boron deficiency is possible. In this case we recommend applying ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) 1.0 l/ha + ECOLINE Boron (Organic) 0.3–0.5 l/ha.

    If a need for other nutrients is established (based on plant analysis results), the corresponding single-nutrient or complex fertilizers from ECOORGANIC can be used.