Horticulture Applications
Now you can achieve that bumper crop every year!
Our two KōFERT products are specifically designed and formulated to suit both organic and conventional horticultural practices. Growers looking for an organic solution will be impressed with our KōFERT Bio-Base tonic; while those wanting a fertilizer with an added nutrient boost will love our KōFERT Bio-Plus option.
KōFERT is suited for use as a foliar and/or root feed, and can be easily incorporated in your routines spray programs or irrigation systems. KōFERT can also be used as a root soak feed to supplement your seedling/ plantlet feeding programs with extra nutrients.
See below for a recommended KoFERT horticultural application rates:
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Bio-Base |
KoFERT Bio-Plus |
Extra advice |
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Planting out |
Dilute with water 1:50 |
Dilute with water 1:300 |
To stimulate rapid establishment of plants and reduce transplanting shock, soak your plants in KōFERT overnight before planting out. |
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Foliage spray |
Dilute with water between 1:50 and 1: 100 |
Dilute with water 1:500 |
For best results, spray in the morning or early evening. Apply by spray/ watering can to drip point. Do not apply in strong sunlight. |
Quick Crop Guide
Crop | Bio-Base Application Rate (L/Ha).............. | Bio-Plus Application Rate (L/Ha).......... | Dilution Ratios | Extra Advice |
Asparagus | 35 L/Ha | 30 L/Ha | Apply in Autumn & Spring within two weeks of heavy grazing and/or with weed sprays | |
Beets | 35 | 30 | ||
Berry Fruit | 7 | 5 | ||
Brassicas | 30 | 25 | ||
Carrots | 30 | 25 | ||
Celery | 30 | 25 | ||
Cereals | 30 | 25 | ||
Citrus | 7 | 5 | General: 1:250 | Important to apply 2 weeks pre-blossom, then again at fruit set. Continue spraying at 2-4 weekly intervals until pre-harvest. Cease applying in late March. |
Corn | 35 | 30 | ||
Cucumber | 30 | 25 | ||
Flowers | Newly established beds: 1: 500 2 – 4 after emergence or transplanting General: 1:300 every 2 – 4 weeks until blooming. | |||
Forestry | Prior to plant out: 1:500 and soak roots overnight. Young plants: 1:300 every 2 – 4 weeks until blooming. | |||
Gooseberries | 7 | 5 | ||
Grains | 5 | 5 | General: 1:500 | Apply no sooner than 2 weeks after emergence, ideally when plants are 15cm high. |
Grapes | 5 | 5 | Apply fortnightly from bud formation until fruit-swell (January) Cease spraying at flowering and start again at fruit set | |
Horticulture | General: 1:300, twice before flowering, fortnightly. Under stress: 1:250 when buds forming, bursting, petals falling, or fruit setting. Full leaf stage: 1:250, and again before drought, wind, frost, or water damage. | |||
Hydroponics | Starting solution: 1:500
| When topping up, Correct cf reading should be between 20-30. If cf rises above 30cf, top up with water. If cf drops below 20cf, top up with KōFERT. Maintain pH between 6.0 and 7.0. | ||
Kiwifruit | 7 | 5 | General: 1:300, twice before flowering, fortnightly. Under stress: 1:250 when buds forming, bursting, petals falling, or fruit setting. Full leaf stage: 1:250, and again before drought, wind, frost, or water damage. | Apply twice before flowering at intervals not closer than fortnightly. Spray when plants are under stress (bud formation, bud burst, petal fall, fruit set) and again at full leaf stage. Reapply at the same rate to assist plants overcoming drought, wind, frost or water damage. |
Legumes | 35 | 30 | ||
Lettuce | 35 | 30 | ||
Lucerne/ Hay | 25 | 5 | Apply when spring growth commences and then immediately after each cut to ensure rapid regrowth. | |
Maize | Apply at 5L per hectare when plants are 45cm high, and again immediately prior to tasselling. | |||
Melons | 30 | 25 | ||
Nursuries | As foliar feed: 1:250 As root feed: 1: 500 | Apply at fortnightly intervals | ||
Onions | 30 | 25 | Apply at 5L per hectare and again one month later at same rate. | |
Parsnips | 30 | 25 | ||
Pip fruits | 7 | 5 | 1:300 | Important to apply during times of plant stress (bud formation, 2weeks pre-blossom, fruit set). If adverse external factors such as drought, wind, water or frost damage have occurred, apply immediately to aid recovery. |
Potatoes | 30 | 25 | Apply 2 weeks after emergence at 5L per hectare and then at fortnightly to monthly intervals until flowering. | |
Pumpkins | 30 | 25 | ||
Radishes | 30 | 25 | ||
Stone fruits | 7 | 5 | 1:300 | Important to apply during times of plant stress (bud formation, 2weeks pre-blossom, fruit set). If adverse external factors such as drought, wind, water or frost damage have occurred, apply immediately to aid recovery. |
Strawberries | 5 | 5 | Apply 2weeks after planning out at 5L per hectare and continue regular fortnightly applications. Particularly useful at promoting fruit recovery after fruit drop caused by sudden cold snaps, etc. | |
Tomatoes | 30 | 25 | As additive: 1:250 In general: 1:500 Transplanting: 1:500 | Indoor – Add to irrigation system at rate of 1.5L per 1000 square feet of glass house per week. General – Spray at 5L per hectare 2wks after emergence from seed beds or one week after transplanting. When transplanting, soak plant roots overnight before planting out to provide strong growth and reduction of transplant shock. Spray at same rate at 2-4 weekly intervals. |
Zucchinis | 30 | 25 |