After three seasons of using Kiwiguard and Clovertone Plant Food 5-4-11, the average kiwifruit size on Howard Pegden’s orchard has gone up and rejects have reduced from 18% to only 7%. When Howard first used Kiwiguard, he was looking for an effective product for bird control. These days he calls the combination of the two products ‘the full package.’ “We’ve had no major pest problems since 2010,” he confirmed. “Contractors […]
To produce export quality, nutritionally dense, better tasting fruit you need healthy, biologically active soil. The application of 700kg to 900kg of synthetic fertiliser every growing season often leads to anaerobic, compacted soil that contains a high proportion of nutrients locked up and unavailable for plant uptake. Clovertone produces liquid nutrients formulated to give plants all the nutrients they need for healthy growth while supporting the activity of Mycorrhiza fungi […]
