Growing crops with Zander

Almost any type of soil can be used as a substrate for growing crops with Zander. One should always observe the prevailing climatic conditions and know when to sow, so as to make best use of natural rainfall.

AridGrow Mycorrhiza is really the key to successful cropping across the world: it promotes good growth and contributes to the all-important organic matter level. Zander Humate matters for the regulation of nutrient transfer and for catalysing reactions at the cell mitochondria. Some crops — brassicas and spinach among them — will achieve considerable growth on humate alone, though in the longer term they need added nutrients, since unlike mycorrhiza they do not make their own. For most crops, both are required.

Small seed, and what to do about it

Many vegetable crops have very small seed. Steeped in a humate-and-water mix they turn gluey and become difficult to handle. The simplest answer is to sow into small pots of compost, and once the seedlings reach transplantable size, dip them in a mixture of humate and water into which a few grams of pure mycorrhizal spore have been sprinkled. The spore spreads itself evenly through the mixture, and the transplants can be dipped before going out to their final positions.

Commercial vegetable growing relies on pelleted seed, which is sown without Zander. Those young transplants can be dipped as above before planting out; otherwise, three sprayings — at the emergence of two or three sets of leaves, at flowering, and at the formation of fruitlets.

Crops suited to this treatment include tomatoes, bell peppers, chillies and all the solanaceous subjects; cucurbits; celery and all of the Apiaceae; onion, garlic and leek; and all flower crops.