PROTOCOL
FOR
ARTICHOKES, ASPARAGUS, and RHUBARB
We have done our level best to make BioVam
the highest quality product of its kind available anywhere.
I. INSTRUCTIONS
FOR USE
A. APPLICATION IN NURSERY:
Mix BioVam into bedding soils at a rate
of 8 pounds per cubic yard. Do not add fertilizers or chemical
fungicides to soil mixes.
Caution:
If you pasteurize your soils, keep in
mind that temperatures above 110 F (45 C) may be lethal to the Mycorrhiza
in BioVam.
APPLICATION IN THE
FIELD FOR NEW PLANTINGS OR TRANSPLANTING:
A minimum of 1 teaspoon of BioVam per
plant is recommended when transplanting uninoculated plants. Place BioVam
onto moistened roots or in the planting
hole directly under seedling, ensuring that physical contact between
BioVam and roots is established.
C. FERTILIZERS:
We recommend the use of well-composted
materials added to the fill soil at a ratio of 10% compost to soil.
Materials high in fulvic and humic acids are the most advantageous to
successful union of BioVam and root.
Mycorrhizal inoculation is usually most responsive
at low fertility levels. To assure inoculation the University of California
recommends that the nutrient levels should be below at least one of
the following with the phosphorous level being the most critical:
| Nitrogen* |
50 ppm |
approx. 95 lbs./ac = 105 kg/ha |
| Phosphorous (Olsen) |
34 ppm |
approx. 64 lbs./ac = 71kg/ha |
| Manganese |
27 ppm |
approx. 50 lbs./ac = 55 kg/ha |
| Zinc |
12 ppm |
approx. 23 lbs./ac = 25 kg/ha |
| rganic Matter |
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* Nitrate forms of nitrogen are preferable
to ammonium forms especially in peat mixes.
Caution:
Do not use pre-plant fertilizer
or fertilizers in the hole at time of planting. Added chemical or organic
fertilizers will impair BioVam's ability to establish itself in the
root of the plant and delay or destroy the beneficial effects of BioVam
on the plant.
D. FREQUENCY OF USE OF FERTILIZER:
Two applications of Biosol Forte or another
organic fertilizer equivalent to NPK 7-2-1 should be adequate for the
crop production cycle. This fertilizer should be applied at a rate of
1/3 less than the manufacturer's recommendation.
A single application of Planters II Trace Mineral Fertilizer as a top
dressing around the plant will take care of the plants annual mineral
needs.
MISCELLANY:
All recommendations about
BioVam
dosage represents
a minimum amount. Increased dosages will add to speed and
effectiveness of BioVam's work on the roots of your plants.
Insect control should be achieved by
using effective integrated pest control measures (IPM) whenever
possible. This means the use of beneficial insects, botanical insecticides
or other environmentally sensitive alternatives are recommended.
Refer to the
Nutrient Levels and Precautions
document for chemicals compatible with BioVam.
B. Probiotics is the
Inventor and Manufacturer of BioVam.
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Natural Organic Products that Work!
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Organic Gardening Kit,
BioVam Mycorrhiza,
biosol forte 7-2-1 Organic Fertilizer,
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Lime-50Lb,
Soft Rock Phosphate-50Lb,
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Microbe Tea Brewing Kits,
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container gardening methods. Those interested in bettering their
diets and health use our products to grow highly nutritious foods.
The application of these products supports agriculture soil
in general but has many specific applications on this web site for
arborvitae, artichokes
and asparagus, apple trees,
asparagus fern,
black leaf fungus on quaking aspen
trees, bulbs and flowers,
cactus,
celery,
chard, chrysanthemum,
citrus
trees,
cotton,
cosmos,
cucumbers,
eggplants,
fairy rings in lawns, frost protection on
Asian pear fruit trees,
garlic, growing fruit trees,
herbs,
lettuce, maple trees,
melons,
necrotic ring spots in lawns,
onions, pansy,
peas,
pears, promotion of earthworms in
the soils,
potatoes, pumpkins,
raspberries, radishes,
red hot chili peppers,
rose plants, turf grass management
of blue grass and all other kinds of grasses,
spinach,
stone fruit,
strawberries,
sugar cane,
tomatoes,
wine grape, vine and vineyard management,
zucchini and squash of all kinds,
many
different vegetables and several thousand other specific plants
- virtually everything grown on farms and in gardens aimed at plant
and root enhancement. Numerous pictures are present in a variety of
exhibits.
Contained in these products
are soil life forms that are often found in some compost tea brewing
kits but are much more effective in our
BioVam Mycorrhiza product and our
Microbe Tea Brewing kits. Organisms like, Mycorrhiza fungi (endomycorrhiza
fungi and ectomycorrhiza fungi), nitrogen fixing bacteria, phosphorous
solubilizing bacteria, and bacteria that out compete plant pathogens
are found in our BioVam product. Nitrogen fixing bacteria, cellulose
eating trichoderma fungi, and many beneficial soil organisms are found
in our Microbe Tea Brewing Kits. |
