AusMate – Gippsland Valley Raw Humate

Description

Natural Humate Soil Conditioner

AusMate is a naturally occurring humate soil conditioner designed for broad-acre, horticultural and cropping applications.

It provides a concentrated source of humic substances and organic carbon and is intended to support soil condition, nutrient retention and root-zone function. AusMate can be broadcast directly or blended with compatible fertiliser or lime products.

Humic substances interact with soil minerals, nutrients and water through a range of physical and chemical processes.

Potential Benefits

• Provide a concentrated source of humic substances and organic carbon.
• Support soil aggregation, structure and workability.
• Support water retention in some soils, particularly soils low in clay or organic matter.
• Contribute to soil nutrient-holding and buffering processes.
• Help retain selected nutrients within the root zone.
• Support nutrient availability and nutrient-use efficiency.
• Complement fertiliser and lime programmes.
• Support soil biological and root-zone processes.
• Assist the management of free-draining, compacted or heavily cropped soils as part of a wider soil-improvement programme.
• Support plant establishment and growth under suitable soil and management conditions.

AusMate is intended to complement a balanced soil fertility programme. It should not be regarded as a replacement for  appropriate fertiliser inputs or crop-specific agronomic advice.

Application rates:

Ground Spread 100kg / ha

Base Dressing 200kg-300kg / ha

Mix with Fertiliser 5-8% of total

Mix with Lime 10% of lime

Horticulture Crops Broadcast in spring 200kg-300kg / ha

Vegetable Crops (drilling) 0.750gms per m2 mixed with seed

Vegetable Crops 200-300kg / ha broadcasting prior to planting

Vegetable Crops 50-100kg / ha with base fertiliser and side dressing

AusMate in degraded / compromised soil

High Unavailable Phosphate 200-300kg / ha per season

Low C.E.C & Free Draining Soil  100kg-200kg / ha per season

Improving Soil Biology – Pasture  100kg / ha per season

Improving Soil Biology – Horticulture / Cropping 300kg-500kg / ha per season

Heavily Cropped and Compacted Soils 500kg / ha per season

High Salt 300kg / ha per season

Detoxifying soil 500kg / ha per season

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AusMate SDS

BioGro Input Certification