Kirk Moyer, QLF Regional Sales Agronomist Indiana
What’s the first thing that crosses your mind when you order ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and when it comes to you, the chocolate sprinkles are missing? I don’t know about you, but my first reaction is this is not what I ordered! Ice cream is great by itself, but if it doesn’t have everything on it that you asked for or needed you question what you’re missing out on, especially after you’ve had a taste of the chocolate sprinkles option. After I knew the difference, I want my chocolate sprinkles “Added On!”
The same could be said for your liquid carbon-based starter fertilizer. Although QLF Agronomy’s L-CBF 7-21-3 MKP product is a stellar stand-alone starter blend, imagine making that an even better performance package. Through years of repeated testing and independent replicated trials, our research supports found that by adding QLF CornSpike (quality zinc multi-micronutrient blend) to our premium L-CBF starter equates to added bushels and increased reliability. Just by adding a pint or two of QLF CornSpike, you will enhance yield. QLF Agronomy’s R&D agrees with much research that validates adding quality micronutrients including Zinc to liquid phosphorus fertilizers is a good practice. Remember, one of the keys, maybe the most important benefit, to QLF’s Carbon Based Approach to stronger healthier starts—with this unique chemistry combination you will be further enhancing nutrient availability to your young plants while feeding and working with your soil biology.
How can you ensure a solid base L-CBF product and program will perform better? By implementing the simple concept of adding and incorporating more features that have proven benefit track records. The ability for QLF to incorporate other products and features to our starter blends has evolved and advanced over the years. These enhancements we call “Add-Ons” have brought great value to our already impressive Liquid Carbon-Based Fertilizer (L-CBF) lineup. Over the years, QLF has shown significant additional Return-On-Investments from minimal Add-On costs such as QLF CornSpike, increasing yield potential safely and conveniently.
Let’s look at another Add On option in our line up named: KelPak. A unique seaweed extract product sold in eighty countries around the world, QLF Agronomy has imported and distributed Kelpak in the USA for many years. Adding to our L-CBF program with different features and real benefits to improve opportunity for plant growth development ensures increased yields. QLF Agronomy’s research results have lined up with the results of the long-time manufacturer of this bio-stimulant. KelPak is derived from a unique extraction process of South African Kelp plant Ecklonia Maxima. Adding to your starter fertilizer and foliar program across multiple crops proves to be more profitable. The synergy of adding KelPak with L-CBF products in the seed trench and following up with at foliar treatment provides benefits of improved rooting, reproduction, and stress mitigation.
Here’s another exciting part; QLF can now include and deliver a combination of these “add-ons” with your liquid fertilizer loads. If you want a pint of CornSpike and a pint of Kelpak premixed into your order, just ask. One of our QLF Agronomy facilities will include this into your L-CBF product mix and it will be good to go when it reaches your farm. There’s no extra handling of additional totes or containers on your part and no additional freight charges for additional shipments. It’s a logistical win-win for both QLF Agronomy and the farmer bringing the whole mix.
Adding on to your L-CBF products is not limited to your starter programs only. Take this concept to your foliar applications. When using L-CBF BOOST or L-CBF Amino15 in your spray passes, it is also a great time to add KelPak and/or QLF PowerAid (another micronutrient blend weighted more toward Boron). Both products work phenomenally well at multiple growth stages across wide range of crops such as, corn, beans, wheat, alfalfa, potatoes, and more. We can provide that service and customization to add on more features for additional benefits.
Take your crop response to the next level. By adding quality micronutrients like QLF CornSpike and QLF PowerAid with a world class bio-stimulant like KelpPak you will give that crop the continued support and plant health it deserves and increase reliability of each application trip across a field. Our Liquid-Carbon Based Fertilizers have shown great synergy with our carefully selected and developed Add-On options. Feed your soil biology and your crop profitably.
Ask for the extra “chocolate sprinkles” to be added on to your L-CBF producs and program!