Calcium - Magnesium Stress It’s an often overlooked nutrient, but calcium plays a very critical role within plants in terms of growth and nutrition. Calcium is not only a structural nutrient but also a regulatory one. The largest utilisation of calcium in plants is as a structural component of leaves where [...]
OVERVIEW “Feed before you Weed” 2, 4 and 6 leaf stages are the critical timings for biostimulation and nutritional support. Calcium Phosphite (aCalsa / Calfite) at the 2-4 leaf stage T6P at the 4 & 6 leaf stage Kirol provides a programmed approach to ongoing stress reduction as a partner [...]
T6P One of the most exciting discoveries in plant physiology The trehalose pathway is present in all plants, it is a sugar-signalling mechanism that regulates metabolism, growth and development. It is critical for plant development in seeds (Eastmand et al 2002), vegetative growth and the transition to flowering (Schluepmann et al 2003) [...]
Potato Update After a challenging start to the current potato season with dry weather, wet weather and very cold nights let’s hope it moves into a more settled growing period …… whatever that may be. Here are a few thoughts for consideration with this years crop. Below are some nutrient uptake graphs [...]
Turbo Charge Your Spring Barley Crop The area of spring barley has rapidly expanded this year, predominantly due to the challenging autumn planting conditions. But spring barley doesn’t have to mean compromise when compared with a winter crop if it’s managed correctly and given the support it needs to fulfil its potential. [...]
Amaizing Maize is the third most important cereal crop in the world and is becoming increasingly popular in the UK, albeit that most is not directly consumed by humans. As a C4 plant, maize is generally more water efficient than a C3 plant making it more suited to dry climates/regions. It is [...]
P & K for Pulses Potassium is an essential nutrient for all crops and often used in larger quantities than any other, primarily due to its link to nitrogen management. Pulse crops are nitrogen-fixing crops and therefore less reliant upon soil residual nitrogen compared with other crops. They have the ability [...]
Amino Acids - Kirol Plants grow in a complex environment with multiple abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) stresses affecting them. Focussing on the abiotic stresses – such as temperature; moisture; light and salinity; along with pesticide/fertiliser application – anything that moves these outside the normal tolerance range for the crop will create [...]
Chlorophyll or Klorofill Chlorophyll is the molecule that absorbs light and utilises this energy to make carbohydrates from water and carbon dioxide. This forms the process of photosynthesis which is the source of life on Earth. Chlorophyll predominantly absorbs light from the blue and red spectra and reflects green, hence why we [...]
Wholly K - A forgotten nutrient Think of Potassium (K) as the fuel for the nitrogen constructed plant engine. Choose the best and the right quantity of fuel for the crops journey. It moves everything around in the plant, helping it to tolerate abiotic stress - temperature, water, nutrients etc. It regulates Ca, [...]
