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ROOT DIP

A formulated bare root treatment by DIEHARD™

Improves:

 

  • Survival

  • Rooting

  • DIEHARD™ Mycorrhizal Inoculants Flowering

  • Water Absorption

  • IBA Effectiveness

  • Fe-Efficiency

  • Nutrient Availability

  • Yields

  • Production

  • Client Satisfaction

Reduces:​

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  • Plant Losses

  • Fertilizer Use

  • Plant Diseases

  • Need of Pesticides

  • Heat Stress

  • Damage

  • Irrigation Frequency

  • Biocontrol of Fusarium

  • Root Rot

  • Losses from Drought Conditions

DIEHARD™ Root Dip is formulated as a bare root treatment with live beneficial mycorrhizal fungi to inoculate the roots of bare root plants before planting. It contains highly selected strains of low host specificity endo- and ectomycorrhizae fungi that will quickly colonize the roots of bare root plants to provide the best possible conditions for the roots to become as effective during and after planting.

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The mycorrhizal inoculants are combined with humic acids, biostimulants, beneficial bacteria, soluble sea kelp, yucca plant extracts, to promote rapid root development. The mycorrhizal inoculant is managed with Horta-Sorb® SM which also protects the roots from drying out. The results are better survival and growth rates and less watering for all transplants.

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Mixing Ratio:

2 oz mix/10 cups water

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2 oz will treat up to 250 trees

Compatible With:*​

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  • Acacia

  • Ash

  • Boxelder

  • Catalba

  • Cherry

  • Crabapple

  • Crabapple

  • Cypress

  • Elm

  • Gum

  • Hawthorn

  • Hophornbeam

  • Horsechestnut

  • Locust

  • Planetree

  • Maple

  • Mesquite

  • Mulberry

  • Palm

  • Paulownia

  • Raintree

  • Redwood

  • Sassafras

  • Sequoia

  • Sourwood

  • Sycamore

  • Tupelo

  • Yellow Poplar

  • Alder

  • Cedar

  • Cypress

  • Willow

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  • Ailanthus

  • Bay

  • Buckeye

  • Chokecherry

  • Coffee

  • Cryptomeria

  • Dogwood

  • Ginko

  • Hackberry

  • Holly

  • Hombeam

  • Juniper

  • London

  • Magnolia

  • Melaleuca

  • Mimosa

  • Monkey-Pod

  • Palmetto

  • Persimmon

  • Redbud

  • Russian Olive

  • Serviceberry

  • Silverbell

  • Sumac

  • Tree-of-Heaven

  • Walnut

  • Yew

  • Casuarina

  • Cottonwood

  • Eucalyptus

*All nut trees except Pecan; all fruit trees, grapevines, grasses and many vegetables; all berries except blueberry, cranberry, and lingongerry; all shrubs and foliage except Laurel, Rhododendron, and Azalea.

DIEHARD™ Ecto Root Dip is formulated as a bare root treatment with live beneficial mycorrhizal fungi composed of Pisolithus tinctorius (Pt) ectomycorrhizae and 4 select strains of Rhizopogon to inoculate the roots of bare root plants before planting. It contains highly selected strains of low host specificity ectomycorrhizae fungi that will quickly colonize the roots of bare root plants to provide the best possible conditions for the roots to become as effective during and after planting.

​

The mycorrhizal inoculants are combined with humic acids, biostimulants, beneficial bacteria, soluble sea kelp, yucca plant extracts, to promote rapid root development. The mycorrhizal inoculant is managed with Horta-Sorb® SM which also protects the roots from drying out. The results are better survival and growth rates and less watering for all transplants.

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Mixing Ratio:

1 oz mix/13 ⅓ cups water

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2 oz will treat up to 366 trees

Compatible With:​

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  • Alder

  • Cedar

  • Cypress

  • Willow

  • Aspen

  • Beech

  • Chestnut

  • Fir

  • Hickory

  • Linden

  • Oak

  • Pine

  • Spruce

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  • Casuarina

  • Cottonwood

  • Eucalyptus

  • Arborvitae

  • Basswood

  • Birch

  • Chinquapin

  • Hemlock

  • Larch

  • Madrone

  • Pecan

  • Poplar

Black illustrated tree bark texture.
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Two silver bags of DIEHARD Root Dip.

APPLICATION

Mix contents of bag with water to form a mixture the consistency of thick gravy. Let stand for 15–20 minutes. Dip or spray roots, then plant or package seedlings for shipment or storage. Adjust thickness of mixture to ensure that the gel adheres to the roots when dipping.

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For Root Dip:

Mix 1 lb on 5 gallons of water for up to 2000 seedlings.*

*Depends on size of seedling root.

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For Ecto Root Dip:

Mix 3 oz on 2 ½ gallons of water for up to 550 seedlings.*

Mix 15 oz on 10 gallons of water for up to 2200 seedlings.*

*Depends on size of seedling root.

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