Micronutrients

 

Micronutrients are essential for all plant life, and high-yielding crops have correspondingly high requirements.  When using foliar sprays, the source from which formulations are derived is very important as plants can only accept nutrients in solution.  The different elemental salts have varying levels of solubility, with nitrates being the most soluble (and therefore plant-available) and carbonates the least soluble.

 

NITRATES

SULPHATES

HYDROXIDES

OXIDES

CARBONATES

Soluble

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Insoluble

(Plant available)

(not plant-available)

Until recently, the only way to produce concentrated nutrient formulations was to use a suspension of insoluble salts - concentrated, but hardly available to the plant through the leaves.


Jett (200 g/l manganese) and Magnesium Super 80 (80 g/l magnesium) are market leaders, and are currently being used in several countries around the world.

Their high concentration gives the instant benefits of less handling, less packaging and less storage, but that's not all.  Nitrates are used by the plant much more efficiently; Headland trials confirm that 100 grams of manganese from a nitrate source is a useful to the plant as 120-125 grams of manganese derived from sulphates

In addition, the special surfactants used in these products result in very stable formulations that are compatible with a great many pesticides, nutrients and plant growth stimulants.

BALANCE
A dry flowable formulation containing N,P,K + trace elementsMSDS

BORON
Contains 105 gms/lt Boron
MSDS

CENTURYMSDS
Contains 200 gms/lt elemental zinc in the nitrate formMSDS

CITRUS COMPLEX
A dry flowable blend of NPK, magnesium, zinc and trace elements

EMPERORMSDS
Contains 150 gms/lt elemental copper in the nitrate form
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MSDSHIPHOS
MSDSA liquid phosphorus formulation with potassium and magnesium 

MSDSJETT
200 gms/lt elemental manganese in the nitrate form.

KTS
Contains 25% potassium and 17% sulphur as potassium thiosulphate
MSDS

KIWIFRUIT COMPLEX
A dry flowable optimised blend of NPK plus magnesium and trace elements

LEGUME MIX
Contains Mn, Co, B, Mo, especially formulated to cater for Rhizobium demands in legume crops

MAGNESIUM SUPER 80
80 gms/lt elemental magnesium in the nitrate form

MOLYBDENUM
Contains 60 gms/lt molybdenum

MYCROBOR
A dry flowable granule containing 18% boron 

PANDA
A liquid calcium formulation with added magnesium, zinc, and boron to stimulate calcium mobility in the plant.  22.5% w/v Ca (CaO), 3% Mg (MgO), zinc 300 ppm w/v, Boron 750 ppm w/v

VERTEX
A complete liquid NPK plus trace elements (12% N, 2% P and 3%K, plus Mn, Fe, Cu, B, Zn, Ni, Mo and sulphur)

VERTEX HI-N 34
Contains 34% N, 2.1% Mg, 0.9% Mn and 0.5% Cu

ZINC
Contains 15% zinc w/v

 

Balance, Century, Emperor, Hiphos, jett, Magnesium Super 80, Mycrobor, Panda,Vertex and Vertex Hi-N are trademarks of Headland Agrochemicals Ltd.

 

 

Mantissa Corporation Ltd
P.O.Box 746, Cambridge, New Zealand
Tel: 07 827 4856  Fax: 07 827 4806
info@mantissa.co.nz

 

 

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