Kickstart
A natural inoculant of algal cells (Not a plant food ingredient)
Contents:
Living green algae (Chlorophyta) and yellow-green algae (Xanthophyta) cells suspended in fresh water.
Physical Characteristics:
Solubility in water: 70%
Appearance and odor: Dark green, algal odor
Expiration date: 1 month from date of purchase
What is Kickstart?
Kickstart is a proprietary blend of living green (Phylum Chlorophyta), and yellow-green (Phylum Xanthophyta) algae, and beneficial bacteria that are naturally concentrated in a freshwater matrix. Kickstart is viable and is able to promptly reproduce to provide soil structure benefits, provide nutrients for plants, and act as an irrigation system cleaning agent. Sustainable soils contain as many as 100,000 algae cells per gram of soil; therefore, adding Kickstart will improve the overall adequacy of a soil. Super Algae is 100% natural and can be used with any irrigation system or fertilization program to begin to achieve a higher crop yield.
Kickstart advantages?
• Helps naturally eradicate filamentous and matted blue-green algae as well as silicate diatoms from reservoirs, irrigation systems, and from the soil surface.
• Increases soil aggregation through cation bridging.
• Facilitates water infiltration
• Improves root development
• Increases ease of soil tillage.
• Helps dissolve and dissipate soil salts.
• Provides mucilage to plant roots.
• Fixes nitrogen from the air and converts it to a form more accessible to plants
• Decreases phosphorous loss and converts it to a form more accessible to plants
• Provides the soil with essential minerals and various organic chemical compounds.
Kickstart benefits?
• Ease of usage.
• Improved soil vigor.
• Improved soil structure.
• Helps clean irrigation systems.
• Helps optimize water usage.
How does Kickstart work?
• Osmoticants present in Kickstart are able to help dissolve soil salts.
• Exopolysaccarides in Kickstart can improve soil structure and aggregation through reduction, oxidation and cation exchange.
• Autoecological Succession allows Kickstart to competitively exclude nuisance algae such as filamentous blue-greens.
• Reverse Eutrophication is a mechanism by which adding Kickstart that is a member of the bottom of the food chain can reverse the aging of an irrigation system or reservoir.
• Lipidification happens when Kickstart is able to provide lipids to the soil to increase the level of gelatinous substances present and protect plant roots.
• Enzymatic Activity in Kickstart helps convert N, P, K and micronutrients into metabolically accessible forms. The beneficial bacteria present may be able to degrade proteins, starch, and cellulose.
Contents:
Living green algae (Chlorophyta) and yellow-green algae (Xanthophyta) cells suspended in fresh water.
Physical Characteristics:
Solubility in water: 70%
Appearance and odor: Dark green, algal odor
Expiration date: 1 month from date of purchase
What is Kickstart?
Kickstart is a proprietary blend of living green (Phylum Chlorophyta), and yellow-green (Phylum Xanthophyta) algae, and beneficial bacteria that are naturally concentrated in a freshwater matrix. Kickstart is viable and is able to promptly reproduce to provide soil structure benefits, provide nutrients for plants, and act as an irrigation system cleaning agent. Sustainable soils contain as many as 100,000 algae cells per gram of soil; therefore, adding Kickstart will improve the overall adequacy of a soil. Super Algae is 100% natural and can be used with any irrigation system or fertilization program to begin to achieve a higher crop yield.
Kickstart advantages?
• Helps naturally eradicate filamentous and matted blue-green algae as well as silicate diatoms from reservoirs, irrigation systems, and from the soil surface.
• Increases soil aggregation through cation bridging.
• Facilitates water infiltration
• Improves root development
• Increases ease of soil tillage.
• Helps dissolve and dissipate soil salts.
• Provides mucilage to plant roots.
• Fixes nitrogen from the air and converts it to a form more accessible to plants
• Decreases phosphorous loss and converts it to a form more accessible to plants
• Provides the soil with essential minerals and various organic chemical compounds.
Kickstart benefits?
• Ease of usage.
• Improved soil vigor.
• Improved soil structure.
• Helps clean irrigation systems.
• Helps optimize water usage.
How does Kickstart work?
• Osmoticants present in Kickstart are able to help dissolve soil salts.
• Exopolysaccarides in Kickstart can improve soil structure and aggregation through reduction, oxidation and cation exchange.
• Autoecological Succession allows Kickstart to competitively exclude nuisance algae such as filamentous blue-greens.
• Reverse Eutrophication is a mechanism by which adding Kickstart that is a member of the bottom of the food chain can reverse the aging of an irrigation system or reservoir.
• Lipidification happens when Kickstart is able to provide lipids to the soil to increase the level of gelatinous substances present and protect plant roots.
• Enzymatic Activity in Kickstart helps convert N, P, K and micronutrients into metabolically accessible forms. The beneficial bacteria present may be able to degrade proteins, starch, and cellulose.