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NECESSITY of Fertilizer Reduction when using Products containing SumaGrow

July 2013

1Ne ` ces ` si ` ty (noun)

Something essential, especially a basic requirement2Every chemical-based pesticide, fumigant, herbicide and fertilizer tested, harms or outright kills some part of the beneficial life [microbes] that exists in the soil...

Dr. E. Ingham, 2002, Soil Food Web, Oregon State UniversityCurrently at the Rodale Institute

3To Obtain Higher Quantity, You Must Reduce Fertilizer

To Obtain Highest Quality, You Must Eliminate Fertilizer4Tecomate Max-Attract 50/50Plot NumberFertilizer Rate per Acre (lbs)SumaGrow Rate per Acre (gallons)Yield in Volume (lbs)130008.75230017.00320018.50410019.255018.755Wildlife Food PlotsMonsterMixProtein ResultNPK/acreSumagrowPlot 10.001 %300 lbsNonePlot 20.42 %300 lbs1 gallonPlot 30.50 %200 lbs1 gallonPlot 40.87%100 lbs1 gallonPlot 52.33% 0 lbs1 gallon

SumaGrow6Fertilizer RateProduct w/SumaGrowTotal Weight%Change100%No2.40--100%Yes2.587.5%50%No2.50--50%Yes2.9818%Mississippi State U. -- Cilantro7TreatmentYield inPoundsPercentIncrease100%Fertilizer33,700--

75% Fertilizer+ SG42,17525.15%50% Fertilizer+ SG36,3007.72%*25% Fertilizer+ SG43,02527.67%Zero FertilizerSG Only41,37522.77%Holden Research CA Peppers*Results effected by chemical drift8TreatmentYield inPoundsPercentIncrease100%Fertilizer53,600--

75% Fertilizer+ SG56,0004.48%50% Fertilizer+ SG63,00017.54%Holden Research CA Tomatoes9Mississippi State U. - TomatoesFertilizer RateProductw/SumaGrowTotalWeight%Change100%No72.7--100%Yes 71.3-2% 50% No72.1-- 50% Yes83.014%/15%10Big Mistake!!10,800 Acres x 1 gallon x 4 crops = 43,200 gallons/year

@ 2.5 gallons/acre = 108,000 gallons/year

Plus another 40,000 acres

Your profit/commission per gallon?11ARKANSAS COTTON100% Fertilizer compared to 100% fertilizer with a SumaGrow product 11.2% NEGATIVE YIELD100% Fertilizer870 Pounds100% Fertilizer+ SG772 Pounds12Arkansas Cotton TrialCut Fertilizer, Yield goes UP 5.2%!120313Arkansas Cotton TrialPlantBoll RotTap RootTreatmentHeight (in)No. Bolls (#)Bolls/Plant (#)Length (in)100% Fertilizer42.00b15.40b1.20b10.50bSG + 50% Fertilizer49.20a18.60a0.00a12.16aa,b Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p