Following the success
of its Germin-8 liquid seed treatment, Rigby Taylor – the company at the
forefront of supplying innovative products for the successful management and
maintenance of turf surfaces – has now announced the Germin-8T advanced
formulation.
The ‘T’ identifies the
content of the Trichoderma atroviride filamentous soil fungi that forms a
mutual endophytic, beneficial relationship with grass plants.
(Eight days after sowing)
The
symbiotic relationship delivers increased tolerance to the turf diseases leaf
spot, pythium and rhizoctonia.
Pre-applied to each
individual grass seed, Germin-8T contains a speciality surfactant that is
activated when the seed comes into contact with rootzone moisture. This
provides effective penetration of water through the seeds’ outer layer
(pericorp) into the endosperm, by lowering the surface tension of the
surrounding water molecules.
Roots can also take
advantage of the micronised mycorryhizal fungi that will deliver long-term
plant benefits.
(Fourteen days after sowing)
The result is that at
the active germination stage, each emerging seedling has immediate access to a
highly beneficial package of targeted nutrients, biostimulants and micronised
mycorrhizal fungi that together aid early establishment, improved root mass
development and accelerated leaf extension.
As a liquid treatment,
there is no risk of broken particles or dust (as is the norm with powder
coatings) and because it adds just a maximum 2% increase in bag weight, there
is no requirement to increase seed sowing rates above those recommended.
Germin-8T is a
standard treatment on all the Rigby Taylor ‘R’ range of grass seeds.
