Vital Earth
Pelletised active carbon
Vital Earth is a pelletised active carbon source.
Soil microbes and plants need energy from active carbon (organic matter) to thrive.
Vital Earth:
- Improves soil by holding moisture & nutrients
- Provides a range of plant nutrients
- Promotes soil biological activity
- Improves soil structure
- Reduces lock up of phosphorus
- Stimulates root growth & nutrient uptake
- Reduces drought stress
Convenient, cost-effective way to add active carbon to your soil!
Contains humic & fulvic acid (active carbon), plus silicates.
Suitable for use in vegetables, fruit trees & vines, including tropical fruit, pasture and broad-acre crops.
Product Pack Sizes
25kg
500kg
Direction For Use
Vital Earth Pellets are used in a wide range of agricultural enterprises to improve nutrient and moisture retention to soil. It is particularly useful when blended with granular and pelletised fertiliser and incorporated into soil.
Used with a standard fertiliser program.
Suitable for broadcasting, banding and blending with fertiliser.
Applied through standard seeding and spreading equipment.
Application Rates
Vegetables: Apply 50-200kg/ha broadcast or in-furrow.
Fruit Trees & Vines: 50-200kg/ha applied early in growing season; including tropical fruit.
Broad-acre crops and pastures: 5-20kg/ha.
Blend with Fertiliser: 10-50kg/ha
Typical Analysis
40% humic and fulvic acids (with potassium)
37.9% silicates
Ca-0.22%
Fe-2.43%
Mg-0.54%
S-0.39%
K-3.44%
Cu-17ppm
Co-7.7ppm
Mn-52ppm
Mo-1.05ppm
Na-0.34%
P-150ppm
Se-0.81ppm
Zn-11.5ppm
Trial Results
Vital Earth has been used in a range of crops including baby leaf spinach, lettuce, pumpkins, potatoes, vines, fruit trees and cereals. Excellent results have been achieved in a range of soils including sandy soils and red (high reactive) soils.
On average 10% yield increases have been achieved.
See our leaflet for examples of results.