GROUND SPREAD

GROUND SPREAD HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE SOIL BY PEONY/peonie GROWERS TO CONTROL BOTRYTIS FOR MANY YEARS WITH GREAT SUCCESS. GROUND SPREAD IS A BY PRODUCT OF OUR PROCESS DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF
BOTRY-ZEN AND BOTRY-ZEN WP.

PEONIES

For the application of Ground Spread it is recommended that one 20 kg bag is spread along a 15 metre row of Peonies. It is applied just when the shoots are emerging from the soil. This needs to then be followed up with a fine spray of water to dampen the material and hold it in place.
++With this, the spore in the mix will germinate, if the ground temperature is above 15 degrees Celcius.
++Don’t use too much water or the material will be washed away from the target area.
++As the product is very dry don’t apply during windy conditions.

Golden View, Roxborough and Altitude Peonies, Naseby have both had great success with Ground Spread over many years, and regularly drop in to pick up bags for the control of Botrytis throughout the year.

CHERRIES

Trials were carried out in 2018 and 2019 to block the overwintering stage of Botrytis cinerea infected cherries from end of harvest to pre flowering the next season.

2018

2019

Ground Spread should only be used after the orchard has succumbed to Botrytis pressure through to harvest, and should only be applied after berry drop.

It is recommended that one 20 kg bag of Ground Spread is used to surround the base of four trees, and that after application a fine spray of water is used to dampen the material and hold it in place.
++With this, the spore in the mix will germinate, if the ground temperature is above 15 degrees Celcius.
++Don’t use too much water or the material will be washed away from the target area.
++As the product is very dry don’t apply during windy conditions.

CITRUS

In 2019 a trial was carried out on citrus trees using the byproduct (Ground Spread) to control the disease Brown Rot.