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David O'Leary, Paramagh Farming
- Chinchilla Queensland |
Darryl O’Leary is an innovative watermelon farmer from Chinchilla, one of the first successful growers of seedless watermelons in the country. He uses a Katek Custom Blend fertilizer, tailored to suit his soil and the requirements of his watermelon crops.
Darryl recently hosted the 2009 Chinchilla Melon Festival Field Day at his farm ‘Paramagh’, which attracted national and international growers and exhibitors. “I have been using Katek products since they first started 7 or 8 years ago” Darryl said. It flows easy and I can get a Custom Blend made up with both synthetic fertilizers and the chicken manure pellets, which suits the soil here” explained Darryl. “We get great results out of it and we will keep using it”, Darryl said.
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David Durrand, Home Gardener
- Bundaberg Qld |
“I had a small landscaping job done at my home at Coral Cove, the landscaper used liberal amounts of Katek Fertilizer pellets and told me about the benefits of using the product. I purchased another bag and spread it around my garden”.
“I put a couple handfuls in hanging baskets that contained ferns that had become very thin and bedraggled. The ferns have boomed and are in the best condition that we have seen!” The transformation (of our lawns) has been amazing, the lawns have greened up, the bare and thinning patches gone”.
“It is pleasing to use a product that actually does what it says it does”.
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David Erba, Cane Farmer
- Mackay, Queensland
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Katek Organic Super Growth is a poultry manure based pelletized soil conditioner, rich in plant available, slow release, soil biology enhancing nutrients. An innovative cane farmer from Mackay, Queensland has been trialling Katek Super Growth for the last six years and this season chose to apply the product to his entire crop, both plant cane and ratoons at 500kg to the hectare.
“We see Katek as an integral part of our farming system, working with us to build soil fertility, keeping everything in balance. The organic carbon and nutrient levels now are better than before the land was cleared and cultivated”.
“The current crop was fertilized using only Katek and foliar sprays, cutting the total fertilizer bill from $600 to $300 per hectare. We use just standard fertilizer equipment with a worm drive box, banding Katek on top of the row”.
“The weed pressure seems to be reducing as the soil structure improves, cutting the chemical budget from $16,500 to only $1,000. The difference is increased soil humus and better biology”.
Available in 35kg & bulka bags
N 3.5 P 1.85 K 4.0
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- Boosted soil & crop health,
reduced pests & disease
- Improved soil structure
- Uses standard equipment
- Cut total fertilizer bill
- Slashed chemical budget
- Achieving better than
average returns per hectare
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Gavin, Turfgrass
- Mackay, Queensland |
Turfgrass Queensland currently operates farms at Mackay, Rockhampton and Townsville with some 300 acres under production. Gavin Franettovich from Turfgrass Mackay has been using bulka bags of Katek Supergrass on his turf farms as well as retailing Katek Supergrass in 35kg bags for the last five years.
“Super Grass is a great all-rounder, ideal as both a Turf Launcher for the establishment of new lawns and as a
Maintenance Product for reviving an established lawn”.
“When landscaping, we spread a bag of Super Grasss under a 500sqm yard, then re-apply every four months, which produces
great results!”
“For our turf farms, we find Super Grass lasts so much longer,
with more controlled growth than the straight chemical fertilizers we used in the past. With the organic poultry manure base, we find the soil ph is a lot more stable after using Katek Super Grass”.
Available in 35kg & bulka bags
N 10 P 1.5 K 7.0
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A balanced blend of Synthetic
& Organic Poultry Manure Fertilizer
Granules with Major & Trace Elements.
Super Grass provides excellent
results for your lawn, fairways, resorts
& pasture applications.
Suitable for ALL types of natural and
hybrid turf and lawns.
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