Crop Applications

• The biological program Tough Stuff with 25 microbial families has been tested for 3 years after being inoculated into the seedbed. Plants recently dug up showed excellent growth with a mass of secondary feeder roots. Remember that it needs a multiple of microbial families to carry out a proper remediation function.
• A biological approach achieves a desirable balance for maximum soil and plant nutrition.

Humic soil and fulvic acid chelation accelerates enzyme activity to convert N, P, K into available plant food. Locked in phosphates are released into plant food. This stimulates plant growth and production.

Biological activity also releases the micro nutrients, boron, copper, iron, silica, magnesium and sulphur.

The reduction of chemicals will cut your operating costs, do not let chemical salesmen tell you other wise.

Today we encounter soil scientists, academics and government officials who no longer appreciate the ideal calcium to magnesium ratio in different soils. Optimum calcium levels determine the flocculating capacity of the soil, opened and breathing.

Life Cycle of Phytophthora

1. Phytophthora over winters primarily as oospores (oh’-oh-spores). These are survival structures with thickened coasts to resist low temperatures and dry conditions.
2. When conditions are right, moist soil about 6°C, the oospores germinate to form sporangia.
3. The sporangia contain many swimming spore called zoospores.
4. Zoospores can be released on the surface of leaves or stems or they can burst in the soil water matrix Sporangia can also germinate directly into mycelium. Whether zoospores or mycelium are produced depends on temperature and moisture conditions.
5. Sporangia and zoospores that land on leaf tissue can germinate to form water-soaked lesions. These lesions soon become covered with mycelium and many sporangia develop. These sporangia can disperse on air currents throughout a garden and possibly other gardens in the vicinity.
6. Zoospores can most about 3-6cm in the soil water. Mycelium can more 3-6m per year but will differentiate into sporangia when conditions are not ideal. When zoospores each root tissue, they encyst and attach themselves firmly (they become adhesive) to the root surface. From there they invade the root and begin to rot the root tissue. There are many obstacles to zoospores under field conditions, and not all zoospores reach new roots.
7. Zoospores and sporangia that are present in the soil can be splashed onto garden beds by machinery moving through move the trenches and by rainfall. Rainfall can move sporangia up to 1 metre by splashing. Mycelium (fungal threads) can move out from infected roots and travel through the soil 3-6m per year to infect surrounding roots.

To Protect Peach, Cherry Trees and Young Nursery Stock – Disease Management Practices Biological culture Tough Stuff Remediation eliminates phytophthora. Management of Phytophthora begins with site selection. Before planting a topographic analysis is needed. Land should be evaluated for surface runoff patterns and low areas where water can pool or soil remains wet for long periods of time. Sub-surface drainage should be assessed either by a soil profile or by using a soil probe.

Chemical Controls are Limited
Preventative measures are the only effective means of managing Phytophthora. Use an intergrated approach that uses TOUGH STUFF MICROBES and begin the program early in the spring, as soon as the soil warms to 6°C. 3 years of research has proven that the combination of 25 high tech microbes in TOUGH STUFF remediates the soil balance. Phytophthora zoospores then have no chance to form sporangia.

Because of poor soil practices, plants are forced to grow by artificial supplements, and they’re not healthy. When a disease comes along, it’s susceptible. Therefore what we do is assemble a team of micro-organisms that will break down not only hydrocarbons, but also chlorinated hydrocarbons like DDT, dieldrin, chlordance and sewage, all types of organic materials.

Application Guidelines of Tough Stuff Microbes

Add 2 lbs. of oxygen nutrient to 40 gallons of water and hold for 48 hours. Then spray 10 gallons of mix with a minimum of 60 gallons of water per acre. Second Stage: Mix 4 lbs. of microbes with ½ gallon molasses in 40 gallons of water to hold for 48 hours. Then spray 10 gallons of mix with a minimum of 60 gallons of water. Apply in later part of the day and cultivate into soil.

The Danger of High Nitrates to Humans

Excessive nitrate intake from foods grown with high nitrogen, such as conventional potatoes and carrots can cause physiological disorders. These disorders include methomoglobinemia. This disorder reduces the oxygen level that can be carried in the blood and can initiate alzheimers disease.

This same disorder affects animals and causes colic in horses. Nitrate infiltrating into underground well water causes the same disorder. Also Multiple Sclerosis can be developed by excessive application of pig manure.

By eating low nitrate food (organic) it is easier for the body to digest.

"TOUGH STUFF GIVES YOU HEALTHY CROPS FROM SEEDING TO HARVEST AS IT REDUCES HARMFULL RESIDUALS AND INCREASE NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY."