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Moore’s Mix
We've developed a concoction (modestly dubbed " Moore 's Mix") of four organic products that gives, and this is no exaggeration, near-magical results on lawns, shrubs, flowers and trees. Moore 's Mix works to improve soil texture, tilth and biological activity. When used in conjunction with organic or organic-based fertilizers and Planters II mineral supplement, Moore 's Mix can turn even nasty ol' Tennessee clay into rich earth.
Briefly, Moore's Mix consists of Sea Source Sprayä (hydrolyzed fish– see the entry in Fertilizers for more info), Vita-Seaä (seaweed extract), Actagroä (liquid humic acid) and Carbonizerä (beneficial microbes). You can find descriptions of each of the last three products in the Soil Builders section. Complete instructions for mixing and applying Moore's Mix are available at the store -- just come in and ask. We use it ourselves and swear by it, as does a rapidly growing list of happy customers.
The ingredients are as follows:
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Actagro®
If you distilled the humus in 500 lbs of top-quality compost into a concentrate, you'd have Actagro. This liquid humus contains organic acids that aid microbial activity, water penetration, micronutrient uptake, and cation (pronounced cat-eye-on rather than 'cayshun') exchange capacity. All of which means that your plants take up nutrients better, so they grow faster and stronger. Useful for everything from trees to lawns -- ferns just love the stuff. |
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Vita-Sea®
Liquid seaweed extract, and a true plant tonic. We use gallons of this stuff ourselves, and sell vast quantities to customers who swear by it. Vita-Sea stimulates root growth, improves soil moisture retention and increases the ability to resist stress due to drought, transplanting, disease, heat, insect/chemical damage, pesticide application - just about whatever ails plants. We give new arrivals at the garden center a feed of Vita-Sea with a splash of SuperThrive to help them get over the trip from the grower's. We've seen that same Vita-Sea / SuperThrive mix applied over a dressing of Holly-Tone turn around cases of White Pine Decline. |
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Carbonizer
If you took that same 500 lb compost pile you got the Actagro out of and distilled the carbon and microbes out of it, you'd get Carbonizer. This product inoculates your soil with carbon and beneficial microbes that enhance decomposition of organic matter and fertilizer. This decomposition is essential to plants, as they can't absorb most fertilizers directly but rely on the product of bacterial action on the fertilizers to feed themselves. Have a big pile of leaves you want to compost quickly? Douse it with Carbonizer and stand back.
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Sea Source Spray™ (4-1-1)
A mild fertilizer, this high-protein supplement contains a broad spectrum of helpful enzymes and micronutrients. Sea Source Spray increases soil microbial activity, stimulates chlorophyll production and improves plant resistance to environmental stressors such as drought and heat.
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