Siliboost is a soil improver that improves the quality and life of the soil. It oxygenates the soil and increases the development of aerobic fungi and bacteria.
CE Inorganic Soil Improver Product usable in organic farming according to Regulation (EU) No 2018/848.
The microorganisms play an important role in the soil ecosystem. They transfer the upper layer into living soil, providing nutrition to the soil and consequently to the crops, and transform organic matter into humus. They should have a favorable environment to completely carry out their tasks. Among others, the Fungi/Bacteria ratio is a key indicator, the optimal ratio in agriculture being 1:1.
Composition
Quartz: 125.2% SiO₃
Action and interests
Improve the quality and soil fertility Oxygenation of the soil allowing to promote and increase the proliferation of aerobic fungi and bacteria
Improved weed management
Increase of the total earthworms number
Maintaining soil pH and redox conditions favorable to plant nutrition
Unblocking of soil exchanges
Stimulates root growth with proliferation of rootlets
Increases mycorrhiza
Increase of photosynthesis
The ground is loose and lighter with better water circulation
Best composting of residues
Increase of the available humus for the humic-clay complex
Better fertiliser use efficiency
Better resistance to lodging by deposit in the cell walls
Reinforces natural defences
Improvement of the abiotic stress resistances (salt, water, heavy metal stress…)
Dosage: 150 g to 300 g/ha, diluted in a minimum of 150 L of water.Application methods:
By spraying onto the soil and plants.
In seed coating.
Application frequency: See specific programmes.
Precautions for Use
Avoid contact with skin and eyes. Wear goggles and gloves. Do not swallow. Wash hands after use.
Storage
Store in original packaging, away from light and moisture. Dispose of packaging according to sorting instructions.
Packaging
Available in:
Buckets:10 kg and 25 kg
Jars:1 kg
Example of use of SILIBOOST
🌱 The main lines of action of SILIBOOST
The soil ecosystem is complex and made up of macro and microorganisms with complementary roles. Their actions are chemical, physical or biological in nature. If one of the links does not work well, the rest of the chain is impacted. In the case of widely used soils, imbalances gradually lead to the “death” of the soil, which no longer fulfils its function as a nutrient and anchor for crops.
SILIBOOST is an activated quartz powder, this unique process reactivates the soil ecosystem and has a complementary action on plants.
FAVORING SOIL ORGANISMS
In the nitrogen cycle, aerobic and anaerobic bacteria allow the supply of nitrogen in a form that can be assimilated by plants. But aerobic micro-organisms (fungi and bacteria) are the first to disappear through soil compaction and overturning. SILIBOOST acts as an oxygen cylinder for all aerobic microorganisms in the soil. It acts as a supply of active, residual oxygen.
Its action promotes and increases the proliferation of aerobic microorganisms (MOAs), an essential link in the recovery of organic matter and the maintenance of the mineral element cycle, but these MOAs also act as a shield against the development of populations of undesirable microorganisms. Indeed, MOAs are able to produce metabolites with antifungal or antibiotic action. Similarly, aerobic bacteria are able to capture iron to the detriment of pathogenic fungi. Some strains are also able to stimulate the defense mechanisms of plants.
Organic matter is better exploited, the clay-humic complex has more humus available, which promotes the availability of nutrients for the plants.
ACTION ON SOIL STRUCTURE
SILIBOOST intervenes on one of the links in the ecosystem, which makes it possible to maintain its balance and to intervene indirectly on macroogranisms, such as worms.
Earthworms play an essential role in soil structure because they allow it to turn over and aerate naturally. As the balance of the system is favoured, SILIBOOST makes it possible to obtain a softer soil, easier to work, better water circulation and better anchoring of the crops. Soil drainage allows for greater microbial activity, controlled anaerobic metabolism and lower denitrification, resulting in less nitrogen loss.
Left: without SILIBOOST / Right: with SILIBOOST
STIMULATION OF SOIL/PLANT EXCHANGES
SILIBOOST, through its specific process, acts as a catalyst for chemical reactions. It creates a local imbalance, allowing to regulate the pH and redox potential of the soil, to release cations at the level of the clay-humic complex. This release induces a better absorption of the elements by the plant.
The addition of silicon allows for better bioavailability of phosphorus in the event of a deficiency in the soil and, conversely, protects the plant from a toxic effect in case of excess (Farooq and Dietz, 2015). Silicon also works by reducing the risk of toxicity due to the presence of heavy metals in the soil.
Better pH management has the complementary effects of controlling microbial populations living in the soil but also reducing the need for liming.
DIRECT ACTION ON THE PLANT
SILIBOOST is made of silicon. This element is a constituent of plant walls. Its assimilation makes it possible to strengthen the endodernm of the plant, which induces better mechanical resistance to external aggressions.
For the same reasons, the erect habit of the leaves is favoured, allowing a better capture of solar energy and consequently better photosynthesis. The plant then produces more sugars and organic compounds. The reinforced endoderm also allows for better resistance to water stress by reducing water loss through evapotranspiration.
At the root level, we find equivalent properties with an improvement in absorption.
Studies also show that silicon has a stimulating effect on the more complex defense mechanisms of plants
Epstein, E. (2009). Silicon: its multiple roles in plants. Annals of Applied Biology, 155(2), 155-160.)
Farooq, M. A. and Dietz, K. J. (2015). Silicon as a versatile player in plant and human biology: neglected and misunderstood. Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 6, 994.
Luyckx, M., Hausman, J. F., Lutts, S., & Guerriero, G. (2017). Silicon and factories: current knowledge and technological perspectives. Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 8, 411.
French manufacturing
Usable in organic farming
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