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Enhance Early Crop Development with MAXICROP Seaweed Extracts
When under pressure, crops naturally produce stress-mitigating compounds. MAXICROP enhances these compounds' effectiveness during early growth stages, improving crop establishment and growth in challenging conditions. This boost helps increase root and shoot biomass, strengthening plants from the start even in suboptimal environments.
MAXICROP is a tried and trusted brand I many crop ranging from vegetables like brassica, spinach and broccoli, top fruit, soft fruit as well as broad acre crops like oil seed rape, cereals and potatoes. MAXICROP is the main brand for a family of products where Maxicrop Concentrate and Maxicrop Triple are two well knows solutions.
Benefits of MAXICROP:
Early Growth Stage Support
Beneficial during vulnerable establishment phases
Improved Stress Tolerance
Helps crops better withstand suboptimal growing conditions.
Biomass Enhancement
Promotes increased root and shoot development in early growth stages and or backward crops.
Key Components in Maxicrop
The Maxicrop process focuses on extracting specific components from the seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum for example Mannitol and Fucoidans, both belonging to the group of polysaccharides. Another unique component targeted in the extraction process is betaines, which belong to a larger class of compounds known as osmoprotectants.
Key components in Maxicrop:
Polysaccharides:
Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates that serve various structural and functional roles, including energy storage, cell wall formation, and protection against environmental stresses. | Osmoprotectants:
An osmoprotectant is an organic molecule that accumulates in cells to help maintain cellular balance and protect against damage during periods of osmotic stress, such as drought. |
These carefully extracted components form the foundation of Maxicrop's effectiveness in supporting crop growth and resilience.
These are the benefits that the key components of Maxicrop brings to your crop
MANNITOL
Keeps the water retention in the plant cells, important during drought.
FUCOIDANS
Promote growth, leaves, and root, beneficial both in situations with and without stress.
BETAINES
Keeps the cells functioning. Protects the membrane around the chloroplasm to maintain and even improve photosynthesis under stress.
Product Details
| Mode of action | Concentrated seaweed extract from the seaweed species Ascophyllum Nodosum. |
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| Crops | Tried and trusted on vegetables (brassicas, spinach, and broccoli), top fruit, soft fruit, cereals, oilseed rape, and potatoes. |
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| Approved for organic growing |
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| Formulation | Liquid, does not produce any problems when applied through spray equipment. |
| Application | Foliar spray, root drench, soil drench – read label for details. |
The Science Behind MAXICROP
Maxicrop's powerful formula harnesses the unique properties of Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed species thriving in the challenging Arctic waters Norway. This exceptional environment contributes to the seaweed's remarkable characteristics.
Extreme Growing Conditions
Ascophyllum nodosum inhabits the intertidal zone, here, it faces numerous stress factors as it alternates between submersion and air exposure:
- Extreme temperature fluctuations (both cold and hot)
- High salinity levels
- Intense light exposure during extended summer days
These harsh conditions stimulate the seaweed to develop high levels of compounds that prove beneficial for crops.
Bioactive Molecules
As a result of its challenging habitat, Ascophyllum Nodosum produces a diverse array of bioactive molecules. The specific components in Maxicrop's end product depend on multiple key factors:
- The unique properties of this particular seaweed species
- The age of the seaweed
- The time of year it is harvested and the quality of the harvesting procedure
- The specialised extraction process employed
This combination ensures that Maxicrop delivers a potent blend of stress-mitigating compounds to support crop health and resilience
Extraction process
The technology used to extract the compounds of MAXICROP is a hot pressurised alkaline process developed in 1952. The process known as “the Maxicrop process” is developed to get the specific substances extracted without altering them
Broccoli heads treated with Maxicrop Triple are more uniform and bigger
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Cauliflower heads treated with Maxicrop Triple are tighter and heavier
Crop-specific recommendations
Maxicrop has a track record of being tried and trusted in a range of crops over a long period of time. Below are the crop-specific recommendations for broad-acre crops as well as fruits and vegetables.
Recommendation in broad-acre crops
Cereals
Organic: Maxicrop Concentrate 1.0-2.0 l/ha
Conventional: Maxicrop Triple: 1.5-3.0 l/ha
Autumn:
Apply at early establishment DC 13-15, 3-5 leaf stage onwards, follow up 4-6 weeks later
Spring:
As soon as growth starts (T0), Follow up 4-6 weeks later as required.
Potatoes
Oil Seed Rape
Recommendation in fruit and vegetables
Soft Fruit
Top Fruit
Conventional: MAXICROP Triple
Use 1.5 – 3.0 l/he from mouse ear to green cluster, repeating every 7 – 14 days
MAXICROP Sequestered Iron: Use as required to rectify chlorosis. Especially on calcareous soil.
Vegetables
Organic: MAXICROP Concentrate
Conventional: MAXICROP Triple
Use 1:300, 2.0 – 3.0 l/ha to drench modules, after transplanting and in periods of stress to support optimum yields. Higher rate for brassica.
MAXICROP Sequestered Iron (conventional only): Use As required to raise Fe levels
MAXICROP Natural: Use 4.0 – 6.0 l/ha when additional organic NPK required. Drench modules, after transplanting and in periods of stress to support optimum yields.
MAXICROP Xtra-Fol (conventional only): Use 3.0 -5.0 l/ha to support nutrient balance in periods of high demand, 10 – 14 day intervals during key growth stages
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