Natural Controls & Stimulants

GARLIC BARRIER PRODUCTS

Since ancient times, growers have noticed that garlic plants (Allium sativum) are not attractive to certain insects, animals and fungi. They used garlic sprays to stimulate the natural ability of plants to resist pests and diseases.

Today, garlic sprays are used routinely as a growth supplement in various crops such as lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, ornamentals, wheat, swedes and turf for healthier, insect and fungi-free plants, that are also less likely; to suffer attack from certain animals.

Buzz can supply several specific Garlic based plant stimulants/pest controls:

ROSE BARRIER is a new member of the Garlic Barrier family of products, it is unique and is specially formulated for roses, it is derived from garlic and enhanced with seaweed. All natural ingredients which form a natural barrier to pests and diseases. Safe and easy to use as a spray Rose Barrier is available in a concentrate form in l litre containers

rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi & Rootfood Products

You haven’t heard of rootgrow™? It is regularly used in the trade, and been featured on BBC Gardener's World, used by the RHS and Kew Gardens to help plants establish!

Mycorrhizal Fungi

Mycorrhizal fungi form a symbiotic relationship with plant roots. Mycorrhizal fungi live in and around the roots of most plants. In exchange for sugars and simple carbohydrates, the mycorrhizal fungi absorb and pass on minerals and moisture required for the plant's growth.

Over hundreds of millions of years plants have developed a symbiotic relationship with the fungus to help them survive conditions of drought, extreme temperatures and periods of low soil fertility. Mycorrhizal fungi colonize a plant's living root system, in effect extending the root system further into the soil - sometimes by up to 1000%! By taking in nutrients and water and passing it on the roots, these organisms are a vital link in a plant's nutrient cycle.

The rootgrow™ product range is a family of products that are designed to stimulate the rhizosphere (root zone) of a plant and encourage the natural soil organisms to flourish and soil fertility to be increased by the use of natural humate fertilisers and mycorrhizal fungi. When fungal products are used in conjunction with rootgrow™ rootfood gardeners are able to create a living bio-active soil environment in a matter of weeks that naturally could take years to develop.

• rootgrow™ has been shown to drastically reduce mortality of plants, down to 1% on commercial tree planting schemes.
• Most trees put on very little growth in the first season, unless rootgrow™ is used at planting time.
• rootgrow™ has been shown to help overcome rose replant syndrome/rose soil sickness.