DIEHARD™ BED PREP™

DIEHARD™ BED PREP™

DIEHARD™ Bed Prep is formulated as a preparation to inoculate the ground of high profile landscape beds with beneficial mycorrhizal fungi when planting. It contains highly selected endomycorrhizal fungi that will quickly colonize the roots of new transplants to provide the best possible conditions for the roots to grow and extract from the root zone water and nutrients. The fungi are combined with humic acids, biostimulants, beneficial bacteria; soluble sea kelp, Trichoderma and yucca plant extracts to promote rapid root development. When water and soluble nutrients are amply provided non-mycorrhizal seedlings can grow well in artificial growing media. However, until the roots are mycorrhizal they do not adequately take up water and nutrients upon out planting. Routine nursery practices such as fumigation and high levels of water and nutrients produce non-mycorrhizal seedlings or seedlings with “nursery fungi”, which may be poorly adapted to individual species or field conditions.

To reduce transplant stress and watering maintenance, and to slow release all soluble components of the formulation, Horta-Sorb® water management gel is added to complete the package. The results are “naturalized” beds providing for less chemical use and less maintenance..

Use of Product

Apply product at a rate of 3 lbs per 100 square feet and incorporate into the first 8 inches of soil. Product may be amended into prepared top soils to achieve 3 lbs of product per 100 square feet based upon the depth of soil required.