Fish liquid fertilizer for pasture & crops

Vertefert Liquid Fish Fertiliser

Brimful of goodness.

Vertefert is a fish based liquid fertiliser brimful of natural goodness and essential minerals to ensure farmers and growers create a soil environment to provide their plants with the best means of achieving healthy high-yielding plants and livestock.

Vertefert provides a balanced range of fertilising elements, natural growth promotants Triacontanol and Giberellic Acid, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, enzymes and vitamins.   An overview of the resulting mineral analysis is Nitrogen 8%, Phosphorous 3%, Potassium 6%, Sulphur 2%, Calcium 0.9%, Magnesium 0.13%, Copper 94ppm, Cobalt 16ppm, Zinc 115ppm, Selenium >.28ppm, Iron 610ppm, Molybdenum 119ppm, Boron 160ppm, Manganese 70ppm, Iodine .14ppm.

The practice of providing plants with only two or three individual elements, with its frequently deleterious effect on the soil and its life, is proving to be no longer as effective as it was.

Vertefert contains no meat, bone or blood of animal origin and is completely safe for use on pastures where ruminants graze.

• No need to sacrifice production and profitgability for ecological sustainability
• Balanced range of fertilising elements, natural growth promotants, proteins, carbohydrates, enzymes, amino acids and vitamins
• Feeds soil micro-organisms and encourages enzymatic activity in the plant and in the soil
• Encourages deeper rooting for improved soil aeration, permeability and water holding
• Can usually be applied with routine sprays for greater efficiency
• Good for the environment - a low climate change contributor
• Foliar application minimises nutrient leaching from the soil, maximises nutrient uptake and efficiency
• Improved livestock production with healthier, calmer livestock and lower vet bills
• Assists plants recover from stress related set backs

Application rates for Vertefert

• General
• Pasture
• Seedlings
• Home Garden
• Field Crops
• Nurseries
• Kiwifruit
• Orchard & Berryfruit
• Greenhouse
• Hydroponics

Vertefert Application Information and Tips

General

Application rates will always depend on the amount of base fertiliser used and the following recommendations can be amended to fit in with this. For clients who have not previously used our fertilisers we recommend a program of testing and measuring. Test your pasture and foliage for brix levels and nutrients, and soil for nutrients, apply fertiliser and test again. A testing program will always alert you to any problems or deficiencies will often assist in fertiliser cost reductions over a period of time. However you should find that as your soil gradually becomes a more and more friendly environment for the essential micro-organisms, earthworms etc, production levels and stock health will improve and consequently your fertilising program will change.


The importance of creating the right soil environment cannot be stressed enough. Keeping soil pH up and calcium/magnesium ratios in balance and a lessening of chemical fertiliser application should be the first step. For the soil, applications of more natural products such as composts, reactive phosphate rock, etc, together with applications of our liquid products which feed the soil and boost the plant for increased production will help you achieve production with a clear environmental conscience.

Vertefert can generally be used with routine plant and pest sprays, although we recommend that, when using for the first time, always test on a small scale first and consult spray manufacturer’s recommendations as to additives. Mix your spray additive, then add fertiliser.


Vertefert for Pasture - Dairy, drystock and hay paddocks

Dairy 15-25 litres concentrate per Ha. Apply Spring or Autumn, or split dressing. The normal dilution rate is 1:200 but spraying equipment and the amount of dilute fertiliser dictates that this is not always possible for pasture, so for pasture only we recommend diluting 1:30. Application at this dilution should take place before or after rain or when there is dew on the ground.

Drystock & Hay paddocks
Apply 10-20 litres concentrate per Ha. Apply to pasture Spring or Autumn, or split dressing. Ideally apply 10 litres per ha before closing for hay and after bailing when there is about 2-3 cm new growth. Dilution rate as above for dairy pasture.

Seedlings - All newly propagated seedlings
Dilute 1:250. Our fertilisers will not harm the most tender seedlings when used as directed.
Soak seedling roots in dilute solution overnight before planting out to lessen transplant shock. Apply dilute solution weekly to growing seedlings.

Home Garden - Flowers, vegetables, lawns, shrubs, trees, container plants
Dilute 1:200 (5 mls or 1 teaspoon to 1 litre of water). Apply by watering can or spray and wet both soil, and foliage to drip point. Apply every 10-14 days during active growth period and at longer intervals during dormancy. Synerlogic, Vertefert and Verte-N are kindly to the plant and may be used more often if required.

Field Crops - Corn, maize, brassicas, cereals, pumpkin, squash, kumara, potatoes & onions
Ideal application is 10-20 litres concentrate per ha diluted 1:200 or 1:150.. However its not always possible to apply that much water so dilute 1:100 and apply before, during or after rain.
Apply as a booster whenever doing routine sprays at a lesser application rate, say up to five litres per ha.

Nurseries - Container plants, vegetables, flowers, trees & shrubs, vines, tomatoes, herbs, seedlings
Dilute 1:200 (5 mls or 1 teaspoon concentrate to 1 litre of water). Apply by sprayer and wet both soil, and foliage to drip point. Apply every 10-14 days during active growth period and at longer intervals during dormancy.  Vertefert is kindly to the plant and may be used more often if required. A very good tonic for use when plants are suffering stress, and for use pre-stress, i.e. before sale and transport.

Kiwifruit
15-20 litres concentrate per Ha. Prior to flowering 2 sprays. After fruit set 2 sprays. Prior to ripening 1 spray. After harvest 1 spray. Dilute 1:200 or 1:150.

Orchards - Berryfruit Pipfruit, stonefruit, citrus, berryfruit, avocados
Apply diluted 1:200 or 1:150 at first spring flush and continue at 3 to 4 week intervals.

Greenhouse - Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, flowers, peppers
Use as a foliar spray or watered around plant roots at 10-14 day intervals. Use with routine sprays for efficiency. As a booster can be added into fertigation systems.

Hydroponics
An excellent foliar feed diluted 1:200. Use with routine sprays for efficiency.

Application information & tips
Dilution: Ideal dilution rate is 1:200. This can be reduced if applied before, during or after rain.
Mixing: Always add water to tank first, then add premixed fertiliser.
Agitation: Concentrate may settle on standing and drum or bottle should be well agitated prior to use by shaking, rolling or stirring, whichever is appropriate.
Filters: Maximum particle size is 197 microns (.197mm). Very fine filters may need to be removed from your spraying equipment or, alternatively pre-mix your fertiliser with water and strain prior to adding to final amount of water.
Application Timing: In line with good spraying practice we do not recommend using our fertilisers in the heat of the day in summer. Early morning or late evening is preferable.
Storage: Vertefert should not be stored after dilution, due to its organic base. In its concentrated form it may be stored indefinitely in a cool dark place as long as the lid is on tight and it isn’t contaminated by water or dirt.
Non-toxic: Our productsare not harmful to beneficial insects, birds, bees or livestock when used as directed.
Withholding time: Although our fertilisers are quickly absorbed through the foliage, commonsense dictates that a number of days should be left before putting stock in the paddock or consumption by humans, to obtain the maximum nutrient benefit.
Environment: Our liquid fertiliser technology means our fertilisers are efficient to make, efficient to transport and use, efficient in their action don’t leach into our waterways.
Aerial application: May be diluted 1:1.
Application methods: May be applied by watering can, hand sprayer, backpack, commercial sprayer, fertigation or air.

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