directions for domestic applications
For home gardens, pot plants, and lawns.
- Gently shake the Earthfood bottle (keeping in mind these are living organisms).
- Mix 100mls of concentrate with 6 litres of water, or, 20ml to 1 litre of water (preferably non-chlorinated, but not necessarily).
- Spray apply mixture to leaves and/or soil, every second week, or, 4 times a growing cycle of food plants.
- The living microbes will restructure the soil and as time goes by you will only need to do it once every 3 months as a regular practice for plants to endure seasonal changes.
Directions for commercial applications
For homesteads, and, commercial and cash crops
Earthfood Life is very easy to apply through any irrigation system or drones and in any situation. The solution has been filtered twice through the settlement period with first a 100-micron mesh and then a 140-micron mesh and can therefore be used through the finest irrigation drip lines / nozzles.
For General Field Application, Earthfood can be:
- Used in existing drip lines without build up or clogging.
- Banded into the soil (shanked).
- Injected into flood irrigation without harmful runoff.
- Used in overhead sprinkler systems without tip clogging.
- Used in pivot heads.
- Used with drone applications.
- Ploughed in at any stage. Applying Earthfood at this stage increases microbial activity speeding up the breakdown of crop stubble.
- Applied to foliage.
- Applied in any situation, e.g. when you are ploughing, preparing, just before seeding, during germination, after germination, during the growing process right up to budding and or up to 10 days before harvest!
- Used all year around for full beneficial results.
This application method suits all herbs, flowers, ferns, indoor potted plants, hydroponics, micro-nutrients plants, all foods, lawns/grasses and any growing plants.
A free zoom consultation or phone call with an Earthfood Soil Scientist, Horticulturist or Botanist for further details are also available for commercial use and advise, and equipment cleaning pre-use.
DIRECTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Commercial Crop Application Schedule:
Earthfood used within the growing cycle of the plant and application* is as follows:
- First Application of mixed solution (must be in clean application containers) for drip, spray or irrigation. Apply to all soils designated for planting before planting.
- Second Application as best practice (optional) is to soak the seeds for 24 hours prior to planting.
- Third Application to seedlings once the first two mature leaves have been formed.
- Fourth Application is foliar spray 14 days later.
- Fifth Application foliar spray on plants when they begin to flower.
- Sixth Application foliar spray on plants when the fruit/vegetables begin to form.
*Apply in the mid to late afternoon or early morning when plant is not stressed.
DIRECTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Commercial Crop Application Rates:
Aerial Application: Use 10 – 40 litres/hectare (1 – 4 gallons per acre) in a minimum of 10 gallons of water.
Soil Application: Use 20-40 litres/hectare / 190 litres (2 – 4 gallons per acre in a minimum of 20 gallons of water) applied through any irrigation system or as a side dressing.
Foliage Application: Use 2.5 – 5 litres / 190 litres (1 – 3 quarts per acre) in a backpack of water. Use once every 2 weeks for the first 2 months for soil rehabilitation and/or 4 times a growing cycle of the food/plant, or, as needed to supplement nutritional requirements.
Non-compatibility:
It is recommended that Earthfood is not applied with any other fertiliser or pesticide.
More specified rates below.