Root Shield, Another BioFungal

Wi-sunflower · January 4, 2009

Has anyone here tried a product called "Roots".

Without going thru the snow and mud to find an old container label, to the best of my knowledge, it is a "bio-stimulator" product. Has lots of stuff in it including seaweed ( I think).

It's dark brown/black in the jug. I dilute it into my water / weak fertilizer mix I use for watering everything in my greenhouse. I usually can see a difference in growth rate on the plants that get it if I run low or out before I get more. But I've never run an actual test on it.

One thing to be careful of tho is any product that has iron listed on the label. You can get Roots with or without Iron. I always get the without.

While plants need iron, tomatoes and especially peppers are quite sensitive to Iron as seedlings. I've killed plenty of seedlings when I didn't look at a fertilizer or additive label closely enough. I won't use anything over 1% iron on my seedlings any more. Even very diluted in water as a "constant feed" solution, I've killed lots of peppers.

When the plants are big, the iron isn't a problem, but watch out as seedlings.

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January 4, 2009	#12
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	Has anyone here tried a product called "Roots". Without going thru the snow and mud to find an old container label, to the best of my knowledge, it is a "bio-stimulator" product. Has lots of stuff in it including seaweed ( I think). It's dark brown/black in the jug. I dilute it into my water / weak fertilizer mix I use for watering everything in my greenhouse. I usually can see a difference in growth rate on the plants that get it if I run low or out before I get more. But I've never run an actual test on it. One thing to be careful of tho is any product that has iron listed on the label. You can get Roots with or without Iron. I always get the without. While plants need iron, tomatoes and especially peppers are quite sensitive to Iron as seedlings. I've killed plenty of seedlings when I didn't look at a fertilizer or additive label closely enough. I won't use anything over 1% iron on my seedlings any more. Even very diluted in water as a "constant feed" solution, I've killed lots of peppers. When the plants are big, the iron isn't a problem, but watch out as seedlings.