Silicon (Si) strengthens the cell walls and epidermis of the leaf.
We develop products using natural ingredients. Each product has one or more components, each of which is of natural origin. All with one goal: to help the plant use its own resilience and self-healing capacity effectively. So we don't add chemicals, but help the plant to make itself more resilient, in a natural way. And with results!
In addition to the fact that your crops need a healthy (nutrient) soil, three defence routes in the plant itself play a role in their resilience. These are named after the plant hormone that initiates the route:
The following ingredients form the natural basis of all our products. Depending on the crop for which the product has been developed, the application method and/or other practical requirements, they are applied alone or in combination.
When developing our products, we take into account not only the diversity of crops/crops, but also the various methods of administration (drip feefing, spraying, LVM, etc.).
In addition to making your crop more robust, studies and demos show that the root development of plants that have received additional willow bark extract is better. These crops have 8 to 10% more root weight. They root faster and develop a better, healthier root system. This allows the plants to absorb their nutrients and water better, which is immediately noticeable in the increased production of the dry matter.
This in turn leads to accelerated growth: faster more roots, faster more leaves, more photosynthesis, more plants. In fruit and vegetable cultivation, this leads to more kilos: larger and heavier harvests and with constant, good brix levels.
Finally, willow bark extract stimulates the plant to form extra callus. This property is used for example in the tomato cultivation: the wounds causedby leaf picking of cutting dry out more quickly.Wound tissue even forms along the edges of the wound.
Willow bark extract is the main ingredient in SalicylPure and is also present in the same concentration in ArgicinPlus and Nutricin.
Strengthening effect willow bark extract and absorption capacity of trace elements
Silver on the one hand enhances the effect of willow bark extract. It has also been shown that applying low doses of colloidal silver to plants improves the absorption of elements such as Mg, N, Fe and other trace elements.
More photosynthesis, more sugars, more growth
Furthermore, research shows that colloidal silver increases the chlorophyll content of plants, allowing more photosynthesis and producing more sugars (i.e. glucose). As a result, your crop can grow faster.
Help in case of unfavourable weather conditions
In addition, the silver reduces the effects of hail and other severe weather conditions. As a result, your crop suffers less stress and strain and can grow better.
Furthermore, the metal particles break the light, creating diffused light that penetrates deeper into the leaf. In sunny conditions in particular, the leaf temperature will rise less quickly, your crop can continue to evaporate for longer and photosynthesis can take place for this reason as well.
Reducing other forms of plant stress
Crop treatments cause (invisible) wounds, resulting in unwanted stress. For example, in the cultivation of Phalaenopsis during canes. In order to prevent the loss of buds during the last weeks of the long cultivation, we recommend the use of colloidal silver.
As a post-harvest effect, silver has the same stress-reducing effect. Apples that have been sprayed at least 3 times with Argentum (colloidal silver) in the last weeks before harvesting come out of the cold store 'fresher'. Especially if the crates in which the apples are kept are kept clean with ArgiPura. This way, for example we realised an increase of class A of Golden by 30 to 40%.
In short:
By administering colloidal silver, you can increase your yield in various ways.
Colloidal silver is the main ingredient of Argentum.
It also occurs in the following products: ArgicinPlus and ArgiPura.
Copper has a positive influence on, for example, enzymes for nitrogen conversion, which promotes growth and photosynthesis and therefore the quality of your crop.
Our own production method, in which we give a positive charge to the copper particles, guarantees an excellent distribution of the copper metal particles and a longer lasting effect.
With only 7 to 14 grams of micro copper per application/ha, the quantity of pure copper/ha administered is many times smaller than that of, for example, copper oxychloride.
As a result there is no growth inhibition and with residue values up to only 2.4% of the MRL.
Micro copper is the main ingredient in Cuprum and is also present in ArgiPura.
Micro Zinc and Manganese are applied as foliar fertilizer and help to increase plant resilience. The right supply of main and trace elements to a plant, i.e. in the required quantities and in proportion to each other, makes it possible for a plant to grow healthily.
It is known from fertilization theory that manganese and zinc are essential for a plant. And we can immediately see this in practice. A plant not only uses these trace elements to build up its resistance to insects, for example, but also to remain healthy and vital.
In addition, Si ensures a better distribution of Ca and Mn throughout the plant and helps to reduce drought stress. It promotes photosynthesis and has visible effects on flower colour, leaf position and rooting, directly affecting the quality of your crop.
Silicon dioxide (SiO2), the most common silicon compound in nature, cannot be absorbed by a crop. Silicic acid (H4SiO4) is formed at the interface between this SiO2 and water. Only this silica can be absorbed by a plant.
With 3% of this orthosilic acid, our silicon fertiliser SilicaPower has a high concentration of Si, which is easily absorbed by the plant.
In the following 3 articles you can read about the element Si, its role in increasing plant resilience and concrete results from practice when administering this element.
Silicon (orthosilic acid) is the main component of our product SilicaPower.
In addition, we have incorporated it in our products ArgicinPlus and Nutricin, because it makes cell walls firmer and thus increases plant resilience.
Our Ds-Lime contains a high percentage of Calcium Hydroxide (Ca(OH)2). This makes it a special product because the Ca content in your crop and fruit is already increased with very little of this specific form of lime.
This makes your crop firmer, harder and more robust.
And thanks to the improved Ca-intake, your crop can easily build up this stock of this element in the fruits. As a result, they can be stored better and longer.
97% Lime is the main component of Ds-Lime.
Amino acids stimulate plant physiological functions, such as germination, flowering, pollination, fruit setting and fruit development.
Under optimal growing conditions plants produce their own amino acids, but under stressful conditions they limit the production of amino acids and even break down structural proteins in order to have the required amino acids available. If a plant is then offered 'ready-made' amino acids, it can save energy and still grow healthier, stronger and more resilient.
Good absorbable amino acids therefore help the plant to keep its energy management efficient. The plants then have to produce fewer amino acids themselves, save energy and can become and remain stronger. They grow better and their resistance to abiotic stress (such as drought stress) increases.
In addition, amino acids are natural building blocks of essential plant proteins.
Finally, they promote root development and contribute to a healthier root system and thus a healthy, strong, stress-resistant crop that is able to use its energy efficiently.
We have analysed the most important amino acids and added them to our product Nutricin. We work with a mix of 20 types of so-called L-amino acids. These amino acids are of vegetable origin.
