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EM•1® Microbial Inoculant Boosts Growth, Production, and Disease Control on Kaneshiro Farm

Mar 26, 2024

With weekly foliar applications of EM•1® throughout his farm, the growth and production of other vegetable crops could be seen.

Here are just a few examples that we wanted to share. This is a field of Beets that will be ready to harvest soon. 

Beets that his workers harvest are loaded onto trucks from the farm. It is then washed, sorted, and packed for later distribution to local supermarkets.

Here is a close-up of freshly harvested Beets grown with weekly applications of EM•1®. 

This beet field had three times the average harvest, taking over 2 hours to wash! The total weight of beets harvested from this field over several days was 2,167 pounds! 

Red radishes that were previously difficult to grow on his farm were harvested that day.

They are now growing beautifully, with consistent uniform size and shape. 

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Symptoms of Pythium rot on Japanese radish / daikon are characterized by wilting of leaves and root rot. Weekly foliar applications of EM•1 at rate of 1:50 also help control the Pythium rot on his Japanese radish radish / daikon fields.

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