WHAT’S NEW
Protamin strikes a note with both conventional and organic growers With an ever-increasing focus for growers on nutrient budgets, soil preservation and environmental management we see the horticultural industry moving toward more sustainable practices. This is primarily to accommodate the demands of an increasing world population and rising concern for environmental issues. The Biolchim Group recognised this trend during the last few decades and has been hard at work developing new technologies and products to support this shift in growing. Recently released to the New Zealand market, Protamin is used both in horticultural and agricultural markets and with increasing success. Protamin is a BioGro approved solid fertiliser product line of organic and organo-mineral products based on hydrolysed gelatin and proteic activator of the rhizosphere (APR®). Protamin has three key aspects:
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Ability to supply high content of organic nitrogen and organic carbon in an efficient manner. 2. Ability to improve soil microorganism activity and soil fertility. 3. Ability to deliver nitrogen in a slow release pattern to crops.
Protamin is a great option in our organic vineyard. We side throw it under vine pre-budbreak and cultivate it in. I like the NPK product the best, as I have seen the results of using this product in pre-flower leaf samples
in more than 80 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania. Grower Testimonials:
Ryan Fraser – vineyard manager – Paritua Vineyard (Hawke’s Bay) “Protamin is a great option in our organic vineyard. We side throw it under vine pre-budbreak and cultivate it in. I like the NPK product the best, as I have seen the results of using this product in pre-flower leaf samples.” Miguel Peterle – production and harvest manager – Whitehall Fruitpackers (Waikato) “We now get a similar response to growth in the organic orchards when applying Protamin when comparing this to the inorganic products used in the conventional orchards.” André Lategan – vineyard manager – Amisfield (Central Otago) “Best choice of high value nitrogen for our organic vineyard. And in a very manageable dry granular form.”
Established in Italy in 1972, Biolchim is a leading company in the production and marketing of special fertiliser and biostimulant products that combine agronomic efficacy and environmental sustainability. Thanks to the experience acquired in almost 50 years of activity, ownership of manufacturing technologies, raw materials and logistics has created a solid platform for growth and innovation. Biolchim offers a complete portfolio of safe and effective products that allow growers to maximise the yield of any crop, anywhere in the world. The Biolchim headquarters are in Medicina (northern Italy), where products are manufactured and then shipped all over the world. The company is present
Protamin is available through most horticultural distributors and retailers in New Zealand. For more technical information on Protamin and other Biolchim products please feel free to contact steve.cully@biolchim.it, 027 272 0799 The ORCHARDIST : JULY 2022
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