Problem Solving Strategies for
Leafy Green Profitability, Quality & Yield
Leafy Green Soil Borne Disease
Leafy Greens Heat Stress
Heat stress and tip burn
Use stress mitigators and highly plant available calcium
Bombardier
Contains a specific balanced amino-gram and anti-oxidants that builds a strong stress mitigating profile in leafy greens.
Super Kelp
Supports root growth and crops under stress.
Allows plants to absorb more nutrients like calcium and phosphorus.
Caos XT
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Formulated with boron, amino acids and natural chelating agents to achieve higher calcium uptake and utilisation. Applied via irrigation or as a foliar spray.
Leafy Greens - Grower Case Study
Crop: Spinach
Region: Gingin, Western Australia
Grower Background
Kevan Dobra’s family has a 40 year history of market gardening on their 150 acre property. Their business, The Loose Leaf Lettuce Company, harvests four tonnes of salad greens per day including lettuce, rocket, spinach and asian greens.
The Problem
The spinach crop had a problem with pythium. It was ausing major crop loss to the point it had to be contracted out.
The Strategy
Encouraged by the positive experience of another grower, the business decided to try a new strategy based on building up soil health.
Soil Health Products
Application
Irrigation
Results
“Our new approach is working and we are now harvesting successfully a spinach crop. We had been losing 80% of our crop. Now we’ve got losses down to about 2%. Spinach is one of our major lines and we are harvesting about eight tonnes of it per week. In the summer we can turn a crop around in 23 days, then we start again. That intensity of production means we need to replenish the soil.
The new products have helped us a lot. They’ve proved economical and are working for us.”
Kevan Dobra, The Loose Leaf Lettuce Company, WA