BIO-Zen


This product is a Bio-fertiliser, a biological stimulant and inoculant all in one.

The active ingredient in BIO-Zen is Ulocladium oudemansii. This beneficial fungi’s natural environment is in the humus layer of the soil. This is where dead and dying plant material is broken down by beneficial insects and microbes so that the plant is able to draw such nutrients from the soil surrounding the root system. This area around the root system of plants is called the Rhizosphere. This is where beneficial bacteria and fungi work together to provide the plant with valuable nutrients. In return the plant provides sugars for the microbes to be able to spread and multiply. With out these microbes the plant barely survives and requires extra compost and added minerals to boast the natural environment. There are many conventional chemicals, that when allowed to enter the soil, will reduce the numbers of microbes and in turn the plant suffers.

BIO-Zen adds to the humus layer, beneficial fungi, to enrich the soil community and brings the numbers of beneficial fungi back to its natural balance.

Along with these microbes in BIO-Zen, is a powdered seaweed rich with good levels of NPK adding much needed nutrients to plants via the beneficial microbes.

The combination of these two ingredients provides a synergistic effect enhancing the plants natural immune system, which helps to protect against plant stress. The nutrients fuel the plants growth, resulting in a healthier and stronger plant, balancing a more stable root system, trunk strength and vital growth.

AS THIS PRODUCT HAS MILLED SEAWEED INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCT IT IS IMPORTANT WHEN DELIVERING THE PRODUCT THE SPRAY TANK IS KEPT AGITATED. fINE FILTERS CAN BLOCK UP, SO REMOVE THESE BEFORE SPRAYING.

SPRAY AROUND THE BASE OF THE VINE/TRUNK OF THE PLANT, OR FOR NEW PLANTS SPRAY WHEN SHOOTS EMERGE FROM THE SOIL.

 
 

What are the different types of fertilisers and which ones are best for the soil?

  1. Synthetic Fertilisers.
    A combination of record costs and future regulatory threats to conventional fertiliser has seen organic or novel substitutes emerge as a growing market. Much realies on the make up of the soil. Two many concentrated minerals may affect the balance of minerals in the soil and may leach out of the soil having an environmental downstream affect. A change in the pH of the soil may also affect the beneficial microorganisms within the soil, which will have a detrimental affect on plant health.

  2. Manure.
    Some manures need to be used sparingly as they may be too strong for plant health (chicken). Otherwise a good use of a waste product.

  3. Compost.
    Good management of a compost heap is required to produce material suitable for plant growth. Take care to not inoculate the soil with material that harbours soil pathogens. Compost heaps need to create a high temperature to kill them off.

  4. Biological Fertilisers.
    These type of fertilisers are only just being realised as a good alternative for soil health, nitrogen fixing, increased microbes and environmentally friendly. Along with the addition of beneficial microbes, there are normally additives included in the formulation that provide much needed minerals and nutrients. The increase in microbes also need added nutrients to survive, especially with soild that have a poor humus layer.