FAQs

DISPER is a specialized series of nutrional products of high concentration. The exclusive mechanism of dissolution (WSG and fluid bed technology) that is used for the creation of DISPER products, grants the co-existence of all the nutrients and Sinergy ones, in one granule. 

Other basic advantages of DISPER products are: 

• They do not contain hormones and so their application does not cause hormonal disorders to plants. In contrary, the DISPER products are bio-stimulants, meaning that when they are applied on the crop, they contribute to the boost of plant metabolism. 

• They are bio-stimulants of plant development and have the appropriate nutrients (amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides) for each cycle of crop 

• The trace minerals are in chelated form 

• They are powder-free, they do not form lumps and the granules are 100% soluble in water 

• They are fast and 100% absorbed by plants 

• They can be combined with most of agricultural products, since they have low pH 

• They are suitable for all the spraying and irrigation systems, since they have no residues, making in this way handling and application easier 

• The high density of the products allows the application of low dosages and the reduction of bag size, something that makes their use easier, as also their storage. This characteristic form of DISPER grants our products a privileged position over other formulations that exist nowadays on the market in powder, liquid and granules and have tendency to change.

Overall the DISPER products are only incompatible with oils and products that have a different pH. 

To be more specific, the following can be applied: 

DISPER Fer 6% EDDHSA: Not to be mixed with oils or with very acid/alkaline products (high or low pH). 

DISPER Ca 18% Sinergy: Combination with all agricultural medicines and fertilizers. Not to be mixed with oils, summer oils and with very acid/alkaline products (high or low pH). 

DISPER Mn 17% Sinergy: Combined with all agricultural medicines and fertilizers. Νot to be mixed with oils, summer oils and with very acid/alkaline products (high or low pH). 

DISPER Zn 19% Sinergy: Not to be mixed with oils or with very acid/alkaline products (high or low pH). 

DISPER Mg 14% Sinergy: Combined with all agricultural medicine and fertilizers. Not to be mixed with oils, summer oils and products with very acid/alkaline products (high or low pH). 

DISPER Chelate (Fe+Mn+Zn): Not to be mixed with oils or with alkaline products (high pH). 

DISPER Complex Κ: Not to be mixed with oils, summer oils and very acid/alkaline products (high or low pH). 

DISPER Complex HYDRO: Not to be mixed with oils, summer oils and with alkaline products (high pH). 

DISPER Alghum: Not to be mixed with oils or products with low pH (low pH). 

DISPER Root: Not to be mixed with oils or with very acid/alkaline products (high or low pH). 

DISPER Bloom: Not to be mixed with oils or with acid products (low pH). 

DISPER Vital: Not to be mixed with or with alkaline products (high pH). 

DISPER Size: Not to be mixed with oils or with acid products (low pH). 

DISPER Chlorophyl: Not to be mixed with alkaline products (high pH). 

DISPER Cu Max: Not to be mixed with oils, sulphur and alkaline products (high pH). 

DISPER Humic: Not to be mixed with fertilizers with pH of dissolution less than 4. 

DISPER Broton: Not to be mixed with oils, sulphur and with alkaline products. When it is mixed with ziram and captam, it is recommended to do some trials first in case there in no former experience. It is recommended to close the package in case of remaining product.

Most times, plants are facing with hard and non-favorable conditions. This has as a result the plants to be pushed to the limits, in order to survive. Below, they are described the most common stress conditions. 

The environmental stress or, to be more particular, stress that can be caused due to hard abiotic factors which can affect negatively and be harmful for the development and crop productivity. Abiotic stress is responsible for more than 70% losses in crops. 

A lot of researches have been taken place regarding stress due to drought, consequences of excessive humidity or floods, salinity and extreme temperatures (high or low). Also, for the farmers, other common issues are the high light conditions and the deficiency of inorganic nutrients (as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium). 

It is obvious that all the above possible problems will have adverse results to crop yield, therefore farmers should cope with them. 

The nutrition products of Ecoculture, AGROFARM S.A. is official representative in Greece, are powerful tools, designed exactly to decrease the effect of environmental stress, in order to improve the crop growth. 

More Specific: 

X- Stress/ X- Resist: they are nutritional products developed to reduce the negative effects that result from environmental stressful situations. On the one hand it blocks the production of ethylene due to stress conditions and on the other hand it contributes to the production of antioxidant substances that are essential for handling plant stress conditions. It is appropriate for all plants and can be used either before or after stress conditions. 

DELTA K / ZHTA K, DELTA CaN / ZHTA CaN: they use the advanced DELTA technology which stabilizes amine nitrogen, as they permit to the plant to save energy and use it for improving crop quality, flowering, rooting etc. 

CalFlux/ AzteCa: with the advanced "Force" technology they make easier the absorption of calcium (Ca) to the plant and his residence to tissues. They help the plant to effectively use Calcium, even in adverse circumstances (high of low temperatures, poor environmental conditions etc.). The unique formulation of CalFlux gives greater flexibility in its use and improvement in plant responses to calcium, compared to other fertilizer treatments. 

Saxon NP/ TipTop NP, Saxon 60/TipTop 60: They use the advanced technology "Lightening" of Ecoculture, which gives greater flexibility in its use and improvement in plant responses, compared to other fertilizer treatments. 

Rainbow Wave/ ColorFlux / CottonFlux: The Rainbow Wave/ ColorFlux are advanced nutrition products, that use "Lightening" technology, which give greater flexibility in its use and improvement in plant responses, compared to other fertilizer treatments. Also, they encourage the plant to translocate the important elements being manufactured in mature leaves, such as sugars and amino acids to the fruit, flowers, tubers and other areas. This also improves crop yield and quality.

Organic matter are all the organic residues of plant and animal origins, meaning all the fresh - decayed parts of plants and all the alive-dead soil microorganisms. It consists also the most important and composite soil component. Due to the disintegration of its components, supplies plants with nutrients that are useful. When it is added to less heavy soils, makes them more cohesive and with higher plasticity. The organic matter that should be added to the soil is the one that has been lost from the previous crops according the chemical soil analysis. 

The speed of decaying of organic matter depends on the climate, the kind of plant substances, soil composition (sandy, air, corrosion, organic particles in CO2). 

According to the decaying degree, the organic matters are distinguished in: 

• Non - decayed, the ones that maintain the structure of components from which they came from (p.e. sawdust). 

• Semi-decayed, the one that partially maintain the structure of components «raw humus» or «dry turf» as turf, non - digested slurry, generally, the organic products with C/N more than 20. 

• Decayed, the ones that do not maintain the structure of components “humic” as total humic slurry, plant fermented by - products, humic leonardite with C/N less than 10 

The organic matter affects the physical and chemical soil characteristics: 

• Soil enrichments – nutrients, organic matter 

• It contributes significantly to soil fertility since it is source of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur 

• It improves the physicochemical soil properties (ductility, field capacity, electric conductivity etc.) 

• It is medium for growth of microorganisms 

• It creates stable aggregates and generally improves the soil structure 

• Increase the Water Retention Capacity, the Cation Exchange Capacity and the soil buffering ability 

AGROFARM S.A. has the solution for the soil which is poor in organic substance, as the products of Agrohumic are natural organic soil improvement products frοm Humic Leonardite and rich in Humic Acids. Leonardite is an organic mineral of lignite category. It is considered to have the highest percentage of pure organic matter more than any other natural source of organic matter. 

To be more specific, the products of Agrohumic series are: 

• Agrohumic 

• Agrohumic Premium 

• Agrohumic Crop 

• Agrohumic Ca 

• Agrohumic Fer

• Origin of raw material. Animal manure (usually they contain a lot of salts, residues of medicines and antibiotics etc), plant residues, mud from biological cleaning (heavy metals etc.), leonardite etc. Leonardite is considered that is the best raw material to produce an organic product since its origin is natural. 

• The ratio of C/N should be less than 10. Meaning that the product will bring better results in a very short time. 

• The more humic acids, the better. The less humin is, the better. The action of humic is non- existent in relation with humic acids. 

• High Humic Acids = Humic Product of good quality. Low Humic Acids = Humic Product of low quality

Humic and Fulvic Acids are some of the best bio stimulants products in nature, improving the intake of nutrients in soil and in hydroponic crops. 

Humic and fulvic acids are intermediate chelated mediums. They are organic molecules that are attached to inorganic ions, they keep them tight, in order not to be bound from soil molecules, but to be available to the plant. 

The humic molecules are bigger that fulvic molecules and produce great soil improvers. 

The fulvic acids are smaller with biological and faster action and also great foliar products. 

Both acids improve the intake of metallic elements, they stimulate the plant growth and improve the plant resistance to poor environmental conditions. 

The most important actions of HUMIC and FULVIC acids are: 

• They create aggregates, they increase porosity (for better aeration), field capacity and moisture capacity 

• They increase soil temperature (better resistance to frost) 

• They dissolute the insoluble soil salts (and from constant inorganic fertilizers) 

• They adjust soil pH 

• They are nutrients for microorganisms, energy for plant vital processes (inorganic process, transpiration, nitrification etc.) 

• They disintegrate the clay, they release phosphorus and trace elements 

• They absorb toxic organic compounds, heavy metals from the atmosphere (protection of environment and plants from toxic substances of microorganisms) 

• They hold in exchangeable form a lot of cations (Κ+, Mg++, Ca++) and more anions (ΝΟ₃−) (SΟ₃−−) (CL−) (OH−) (HPO₄−−), that allocate to plants and avert their leaching 

• They increase stability and nitrogen availability to the soil 

• HUMIC ACIDS form chelated compounds with metals, such as Fe, Zn, Mn, etc, making the intake of Trace Elements direct, especially in alkaline soils 

AGROFARM S.A. has high quality organic products for soil enrichment & plant development with humic elements from great quality Leonardite and beneficial microorganisms: 

• ACTIVOR PLUS 

• ACTIVOR CROP 

• SILARGON PLUS 

• SILARGON CROP 

• SILARGON TERRA 

With their use we achieve: 

• Development of very strong and healthy rooting 

• Better plant development, increase of crop quality and yield 

• Healthy and fertile soil 

• Disintegration of salts that were existed in soil or have been created using chemical fertilizers 

• It helps effectively the pH adjustment and Electrical Soil Conductivity EC) 

In all the above we add the product ACTIVOR STIM: 

ACTIVOR STIM is a concentrated organic soil improved fertilizer with high concentration in bio stimulants (n-triacontanol, one of the most powerful bio stimulants that exist) and microorganisms. It comes from byproducts of sugar industry, with one unique and mechanized procedure of Aerobic Solid - State Fermentation.

The defective and vulnerable soils are the ones that create problems in crop development and growth. 

The defective soils are distinguished: 

Α) From pathogeny side – Alkaline, Acidic, Calciferous Soils 

Β) Regarding the level of pathogeny they are classified as slightly, averagely and strong pathogenic soils. 

A lot of factors contribute to defective soils, the most important ones are: 

1) The climate conditions (temperature, sun, rain etc.) 

2) Soil (mechanical structure, permeability, depth of subsurface etc.) 

3) Water (quality, dosages, range of irrigations) 

4) Rest reasons 

Fertilizers have the following actions in the soil: 

a) As source of nutrients in the soil. This is their positive action. The fertilizers are also possible to create also salinity and toxicity problems to plants. The negative consequences are existed when the quantities can exceed the normal ones, are placed in suitable position or are not applied in appropriate time period. p.e. if they are applied uniformly 5 kg of Nitrogen /stremma, no salinity problem will be created, but if they are applied along with the seed, then it will be created problem to vegetation and to plant growth. 

b) Time and application of fertilizer play important role to the creation or not, of salinity problems. Plants that are extremely sensitive to salinity have greater demands in fertilizer. One small quantity can be applied before or during sowing and the rest one after vegetation and before the core vegetation in one or more dosages. 

AGROFARM S.A. has a great variety of products, that contribute to soil improvement and its enrichment with nutrients, as the products of the series 

• StimuLAND 

• Aspeeda 

• VenTERRA 

• Replasis 

• Hundz Soil 

To be more specific, HUNDZ SOIL^® is an innovative organic soil conditioner with 300% water holding capacity. It is appropriate for all the crops and can be applied either to new or to already existed crops, in every kind of soil and especially in sandy soils. 

Via its use we have: 

• 50% water saving

• Stronger root system

• Decreased water stress due to lack of water 

• Decreased leaching of fertilizers

• Duration of action at least 3 years 

• DISPER Osmotic 

DISPER Osmotic is a product specifically designed to help the plant to overcome osmotic stress including problems of salinity, hydric and thermal stress. 

Due to its composition: 

- Has a direct effect on production and quality of the harvest 

- Reduces the foliar damages due to salinity 

- Allows the removal of ions that mostly contribute to soil salinity 

- Increases the vegetative growth and the thickness of the neck of the plant 

- Improves the nutritional balance at foliar level 

- Increases the cation interchange capacity of soil

Biological Crop is a method of cultivation, that avoids the use of synthetic fertilizers, products for plant protection and hormones. Farmers that have biological crops are basically use the techniques of crop rotation, residues of harvest, fallow, animal fertilizers (manure) and mechanical cultivation for the maintenance of soil productivity, soil enrichment with nutrients essential for the plants, as also the pests, insects and parasites control. 

In biological agriculture, the role of soil is upgraded, since the nutrients absorption depends directly on soil fertility. Our basic aim is the permanent maintenance of its fertility. 

AGROFARM has a great variety of products, suitable for Biological Agriculture, which contain Humic and Fulvic Acids (from Leonardite), aminoacids (animal or plant origin), beneficial microorganisms (that are existed in nature), mycorrhizae, actinorhiza, organic matter, algae extracts, 100% chelated trace elements, as: 

• DISPER Cu Max 

• DISPER Humifer 

• DISPER Complex K 

• ACTIVOR Plus 

• ACTIVOR Crop 

• Agrohumic 

 • Seasol 

• MICO Plus WP 

• X-Trap

Plant disease is the disorder of plants normal function caused by the pathogens (phytopathogens) and is expressed with lesions (disease symptoms). 

Factors of pathogenesis are: 

• Fungus 

• Pathogens 

• Virus 

• Phytoplasma 

• Nematodes 

One sign of plant disease is the pathogen factor. 

For example, the fungal growth is a sign of disease. The mold on leaves or wrist is a fungal disease. One example is the botrytis disease that is caused by Botrytis cinerea fungi. 

When we talk about symptoms of diseases, we refer to the obvious results that a disease has on an organism. 

The symptoms may be change in color, shape or plant function. 

Dry leaves are a typical symptom of Verticillium wilt, caused by pathogenic fungi Verticillium spp. 

Nematodes cause characteristic symptoms in overground parts of plants (short internodes, cachexia, stress etc.). 

The rank of symptoms depends on the number and the kind of nematodes, as also from the kind and the fragility of host. 

The infected roots stop to grow and symptoms are also shown in the above-ground part of the plant without meaning that they are characteristic symptoms of nematode infection. Due to the disaster of root system, the plants cannot absorb the appropriate quantities of water and nutrients, having as a result to observe less plant growth, wilting, chlorosis or leaves drying, reduced crop production and yield. 

The new X-Series of AGROFARM S.A. concerns bio stimulant products that contribute to plant development as: 

• Contain bio-stimulant components in high concentration 

• Strengthen the root system in order to be resistant to infection of nematodes, insects, 

• They accelerate the procedures of wound healing after infection of nematodes, insects, parasites phytopathogenic microorganisms, parasites, pathogen fungus, bacteria 

• Contribute to the development and plant health preventing stress conditions 

• Stimulate root development 

To be more particular, the products of X- Series are: 

- X – Trap 

- X – Quatro 

- X – Basis 

- X – Bact 

- X – Botris

Microorganisms or microbes are called the organisms that cannot be distinguished with naked eye, since their size is less than 0,1 mm. 

One great percentage of biomass of our planet is consisted of microbes that play important role to biosphere. Usually, we consider them as a threat, something that is completely justifiable since they are responsible for many diseases which are most of the times murderous. The microorganisms are called pathogenic and are distinguished in: virus, bacteria, protozoa and fungi. 

Though, a lot of microorganisms (basically bacteria and fungi) are not harmful, but in contrary they are beneficial for the environment and for food and medicine industry. 

AGROFARM S.A. has bio stimulant products that help plant development enriched with beneficial microorganisms, plant extracts of rare plants, which contribute to root stimulation, development and plant health anticipating stress conditions from various factors. 

Χ – Series 

Auxiliary of plant development 

• Contain bio-stimulant components in high concentration 

• Stimulate rooting 

• Contribute to the development and plant health preventing stress conditions 

• Patented way of production which gives us high concentration of product (109/gr. Of product) and 3 years of life 

MICO Series 

3 Unique Products of Specialized Action in 1 (Mycorrhizae + Rhizobacteria + Trichoderma spp.) 

• They stimulate rooting and multiply the volume of root system 

• They improve the intake of nutrients directly from the roots 

• They contribute to plant resistance to hard environmental conditions

Plants need sixteen nutrients for development. The 3 non mineral nutrients are hydrogen (H), oxygen (O) and carbon (C). These nutrients are in the air and the water. In a procedure that is called photosynthesis, the plants use energy from the sun in order to turn the carbon dioxide (CO₂) and water (H₂O) in sugars and amylum (amylum and sugar are animals’ food). The rest thirteen nutrients are coming from the soil. 

Soil nutrients are divided in two categories according to the quantities that plant need: macro elements and microelements. The macro elements are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulphur. The trace elements are iron, manganese, boron, zinc, copper, molybdenum and chlorine. These are the essential nutrients that are essential for plant development. Plants will grow till they start to have deficiency of one or two nutrients. Then, the growth will not continue due to their deficiency. If the nutrients are deficient or plentiful, then plants will be disformed and will have tainted color. Several symptoms in plants show the deficiency for nutrients, even though the symptoms differ each other. The yellow leaves for example can be caused by one or more deficiencies of nutrients. 

More specifically: 

Nitrogen (N) 

Nitrogen is the chemical element that we can find on plant cells as food storage. It is the basic element of other organic compounds as Chlorophyl, Aminoacids and some plant hormones. The Nitrogen metabolism is the main factor for the development of leaves (plant growth). The exaggerated presence of Nitrogen has a result the blossom delay. The Nitrogen absence has as a result yellow leaves and the limited growth of new sprouts. 

Potassium (K) 

Potassium is the essential nutrient for crop development: 

• Improves the taste, resistance and organoleptic crop characteristics 

• Optimizes the energy of the sun in photosynthesis 

•  It regulates the opening and closing of stomata 

• It regulates the water balance 

• It increases crop resistance during cold period or drought 

• It regulates pH as eliminating organic acids 

• It makes possible the activation of several enzymes that interfere to: 

     • Composition of sugars 

     • Nitrogen absorption 

     • Cellular respiration 

Phosphorus (P) 

Phosphorus is an important element for flowering and fruitfulness 

Its main functions are: 

• Interferes during the synthesis of proteins, sugars, lipids, chlorophyl, carboxylic acids 

• Activates the transfer of nutrients as it stimulates the enzymes that are responsible for transport of sugars through the tissues 

• It stimulates cellular division 

One other function of phosphorus is that it allows the energy transfer since it enables synthesis of molecules, such as ATP, AMP, ADP, NADP, FAD, COASH, LIPS, UDP, TPP, PAL... that give rise to the activation of several reactions of plant metabolism. 

Calcium (Ca) 

Existence of Calcium at leaves is important since it is a structural cell element and helps the water circulation into plant cells. Some plants have calcium in order to absorb nitrogen and other metals. Its deficiency will give feeble stems, the leaves will turn to yellow ones or will have yellow edges. 

Iron (Fe) 

It is essential for chlorophyl synthesis. It is an important element for growth parts of the leaves. Its deficiency is appearing when leaves turn to yellow. If pH is alkaline, then iron is not absorbed by the plants. 

Manganese (Mn) 

Manganese is the essential micro element for plants since: 

• It promotes synthesis of chlorophyl (allowing photolysis of H₂O during photosynthesis) 

• It favors nitrogen in various metabolic paths 

• It increases the content in coloring compounds as carotenoid or lutein. Afterwards, these ones, are flavonoid molecules (polyphenols), with antioxidant action. 

Zinc (Zn) 

Zinc is an essential microelement for the plants, since it: 

• Catalyzes the phenolic compounds in order to allow the synthesis of auxins. So, it is essential for the growth of buds (elimination of Zn usually results in small leaves) 

• Favors the absorption of nitrogen, allowing the synthesis of the most important aminoacids for the plants Stimulates the enzymatic action 

• Zinc and Copper are consisting a part of certain enzyme that is called “superoxide dismutase”, which is responsible for the metabolism of free roots of O₂, and so it prevents the plant oxidation 

Zinc is the essential micro element for the plants since it is an essential component of numerous enzymes. During the flowering stage, it interferes to the metabolism of nitrogen, to the regulation of growth and to the synthesis of auxin. 

Therefore, is irreplaceable, in order to avoid the formation of the fall, the cutting of the flowers and enhance the improvement of flowering and fruit setting in the crops. 

Copper (Cu) 

Copper is a microelement which consists part of fundamental enzymes for plant metabolism, such as: 

- Polyphenol oxidase 

- Laccase 

- Diamine Oxidase 

It catalyzes the oxidation of polyamines, which consist a kind of growth regulator that allows the plant resistance when it faces stress condition, including those ones that result from the attack of pathogens. 

The copper favors the metabolism of phenolic compounds and therefore it increases plant resistance against attack of pathogens. 

Copper (Cu) consists one of the most bio stimulant elements able to induce synthesis of phytoalexins to the plants. 

Phytoalexins are phenolic molecules that are created by the plant as a mean of self-defense of phytopathogens (fungi, bacteria, virus, parasites) or after stress condition.  

Moreover, copper has more functions: it takes part to the metabolism of nitrogen, cellular respiration and photosynthesis. 

Boron (B) 

Boron is essential for the division and cell growth, playing a basic role in meristematic function, especially in the process of cellular division. For this reason, it is an essential element for crop growth. Also, it enables the transfer of carbohydrates (sugars) through plant tissues. 

Chlorine (Cl) 

The movement of water to the cells as also photosynthesis is depending to chlorine existence. Exaggerate existence of chlorine, in some plants will cause increased level of toxicity. Its deficiency has a result the wilting of leaves and the creating of shorter roots. 

Let’s not forget that all essential nutrients have the same value for plant growth. Plant growth depends on the less available nutrient (binding factor) and not from the total quantity of available factors (“Justus von Liebig's Law”). For this reason, this law is shown with a barrel, where each board is shown with a different height. Each board represents one element essential for the plant. The content of barrel is determined from the board with the short height, so the element with the less availability is the one that determines the crop yield.

Generally, in order a cultivation to be sustainable, fertilizer should be applied with a rational way. This means that maximum absorption of nutrients should be assured, minimizing the losses in the environment (with vaporization, runoff or leaching of fertilizers). The appropriate ways to achieve the above are the soil analysis and leaf diagnosis. 

Target of soil analysis is the definition of soil composition, of nutrients and other characteristics as pH and conductivity. These measurements give the ability to predict the growth of a cultivation in the soil after necessary improvements. The soil analysis gives to the farmer the ability to have best results with the most economical way, in short and in long term. 

On the other side, the leaf diagnosis is a procedure to determine the concentration of nutrients in the leaves and reflects the nutrional condition of the crop. 

The analysis of the leaves can indicate the existence of nutritional problems and to prevent the appearance of deficiency symptoms of one or more nutrients.