Companion Fungicide

hoefarmer · March 31, 2015

Has anyone here tried Companion Biofungicide made by Growth Products? It is Bacillus subtilis similar to several other biofungicides, just a different strain. As a professional horticulturist, I have had the opportunity to use it as well as other brands ( strains)on plants that are in propagation as well as 150 gallon trees. This one is by far superior to the others IMO. Even controls late blight.

I am no way connected to this product. I just like ones that work.

It is available on the Growth Products website in a small Master garden size. Take a look, they have an entire section on growing tomatoes.

Hoefarmer

Redbaron · April 1, 2015

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Originally Posted by hoefarmer

Has anyone here tried Companion Biofungicide made by Growth Products? It is Bacillus subtilis similar to several other biofungicides, just a different strain. As a professional horticulturist, I have had the opportunity to use it as well as other brands ( strains)on plants that are in propagation as well as 150 gallon trees. This one is by far superior to the others IMO. Even controls late blight.

I am no way connected to this product. I just like ones that work.

It is available on the Growth Products website in a small Master garden size. Take a look, they have an entire section on growing tomatoes.

Hoefarmer

Do you have pictures? A side by side comparison in your own garden or field?

RayR · April 1, 2015

Hoefarmer, what diseases have you found it controls very well?

hoefarmer · April 1, 2015

It will take me a little while to go through my picture files to find a side x side. I am not very organized. I will go through them this weekend.
It is really great on PM and DM. It usually saves my squash crop after it is infected with mildew Also good for various leaf spots. Where it really shines is on the root system. A drench or liner dip produces the prettiest roots I have ever seen ( quantity and quality). Supposedly prevents late blight, but I can not attest to that.

Hoe farmer

Dewayne mater · April 2, 2015

I looked this up after your post and the comments and info on this product are quite promising. It looks like for a foliar spray that the application rate is a little less than a tablespoon per gallon. (Had to convert that from a rate for some huge amount) If that is the right math, I'm wondering how long is the shelf life on this stuff? I'd love to try it out on my 23 plants, but, there is no way I'll use a quart of if at that rate. Think it would have a greater than one season shelf life? May have to find a nearby tomatovillian and split a bottle.

Dewayne mater

hoefarmer · April 2, 2015

I always keep it in the fridge or coolest place possible. I am sure that it lasts more than 2 years because we bought a 375 gallon bulk container in Florida that lasted 2 years( sitting outside in the shade). No noticible lack of effectiveness after 2 years.

bughunter99 · April 2, 2015

Bacillus subtilis is already found in healthy soil and yes there are many subspecies of it. One of them is used to make bacitracin!

Would be interesting to see a comparison between plants grown is soil where the native Bacillus subtilis population is already healthy and then add this to see if it does anything more.

March 31, 2015	#1
hoefarmer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 110	Companion Fungicide Has anyone here tried Companion Biofungicide made by Growth Products? It is Bacillus subtilis similar to several other biofungicides, just a different strain. As a professional horticulturist, I have had the opportunity to use it as well as other brands ( strains)on plants that are in propagation as well as 150 gallon trees. This one is by far superior to the others IMO. Even controls late blight. I am no way connected to this product. I just like ones that work. It is available on the Growth Products website in a small Master garden size. Take a look, they have an entire section on growing tomatoes. Hoefarmer

April 1, 2015	#4
hoefarmer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 110	It will take me a little while to go through my picture files to find a side x side. I am not very organized. I will go through them this weekend. It is really great on PM and DM. It usually saves my squash crop after it is infected with mildew Also good for various leaf spots. Where it really shines is on the root system. A drench or liner dip produces the prettiest roots I have ever seen ( quantity and quality). Supposedly prevents late blight, but I can not attest to that. Hoe farmer Last edited by hoefarmer; April 1, 2015 at 10:30 PM. Reason: Not complete

April 1, 2015	#3
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	Hoefarmer, what diseases have you found it controls very well?

April 2, 2015	#5
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	I looked this up after your post and the comments and info on this product are quite promising. It looks like for a foliar spray that the application rate is a little less than a tablespoon per gallon. (Had to convert that from a rate for some huge amount) If that is the right math, I'm wondering how long is the shelf life on this stuff? I'd love to try it out on my 23 plants, but, there is no way I'll use a quart of if at that rate. Think it would have a greater than one season shelf life? May have to find a nearby tomatovillian and split a bottle. Dewayne mater

April 2, 2015	#7
bughunter99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: zone 5 Posts: 821	Bacillus subtilis is already found in healthy soil and yes there are many subspecies of it. One of them is used to make bacitracin! Would be interesting to see a comparison between plants grown is soil where the native Bacillus subtilis population is already healthy and then add this to see if it does anything more.