SlicKer – K + Si + Humics
Our customer challenges: As we move to a more sustainable way of growing crops and turf, the toolbox of actives available to growers is reducing every year. Our solution: That is why silicon-based products are so exciting – they are effective at boosting plant health and the potassium silicate in SlicKer builds robust natural defence to disease and pest attack, offering a more sustainable option to your armoury. Potassium (8.5-11.4% K2O) and Silica ( 21-27.1% SiO2) + humics
Product Features & Benefits
Enhanced Structural Strength: Silicon contributes to the formation of stronger cell walls and tissues in plants. This enhances the structural integrity of plants, making them more resistant to stresses.
Disease and Pest Resistance: Silicon can stimulate the plants' natural defence mechanisms, leading to improved resistance against various diseases and pests. Thicker cuticles create a physical barrier on plant surfaces that deters pests, making it harder for pathogens to penetrate..
Environmental sustainability
Silicon-based fertilisers are often considered environmentally friendly, as they don’t typically contribute to nutrient runoff and water pollution and also improve soil structure and fertility over time
Boosts defence systems
Slicker can stimulate the plants’ natural defence mechanisms, leading to improved resistance against various diseases and pests
Improves stress tolerance
Applying potassium silicate can enhance the plants’ ability to tolerate various abiotic stresses, such as high temperatures, drought, and salinity
Chlorophyll development
Potassium silicate and humics can enhance chlorophyll production, improving quality and yield
The Benefits
- Abiotic Stress Tolerance – potassium silicate can enhance plants’ ability to tolerate various abiotic stresses, such as high temperatures, drought, and salinity. It helps plants maintain proper water balance and reduce the negative effects of stress. Slicker encourages the plant to improve its metabolic rate and the stronger cell walls reduce transpiration losses which results in improved resistance to frost damage, drought and heat stresses.
- Improved Nutrient Uptake – Silicon can enhance the uptake of essential nutrients like phosphorus and potassium, leading to improved overall plant nutrition.
- Humates act as buffering agents and improve plant uptake of potassium silicate.
- Better Photosynthesis – Silicon has been linked to improved photosynthesis rates, leading to increased growth and yields. Slicker has a direct effect on increasing the concentration of chlorophyll and RUBP carboxylase in leaves. It also helps balance nutrient uptake and distribution with the supply. Slicker also encourages more fruit and seed production.
- Improved Crop Quality – The use of silicon has been associated with improved crop and fruit quality, including enhanced shelf life, colour, and flavour.
- Better equipped vs pathogens – Slicker is readily absorbed into the leaf and mobilized to the cell walls which it impregnates and binds into within 24 hours of application. There it encourages the production of phenolic compounds. These compounds
provide the plants natural defence against a range of fungi including powdery mildews, pythium and botrytis and against sucking insects such as aphis and red spider mites. - Environmental Sustainability – Silicon-based fertilisers are often considered environmentally friendly, as they don’t typically contribute to nutrient runoff and water pollution. They can also improve soil structure and fertility over time.
- Improved Root Health – potassium silicate can strengthen root systems, promoting better nutrient and water uptake.
Recommended Crops
Cereals, OSR, Brassicas, Legumes, Potatoes. Onions, Carrots, Sugar Beet, Lettuce, Soft, Top fruit, Vines, Hops, Ornamentals, Turf.
How to Apply
Crop | Rate | Timing |
Brassicas / OSR / Pulse / Root / Beet Crops | 1-3 L/ha | From 4-6 true leaf stage. Repeat every 14-21 days |
Lettuce / Leafy salads | 2-3 L/ha | From 7 days post-planting. Repeat 10-14 day intervals |
Cereals | 1-2 L/ha | GS21-23. Again at GS30-33 |
Potatoes | 2 L/ha | At early tuber bulking. Again at late tuber bulking |
Amenity turf | 7.5-10 L/ha | At active growth. Repeat every 14-21 days |
Repeat apply at 10-14day intervals as required during periods of rapid growth.
DO NOT apply more than 2 applications per crop
To be used only where there is a recognized need
Do not exceed recommended application rate.
Tank Mixing
Slicker + is physically and chemically compatible with most pesticides. Avoid zinc based products. Check by mixing a small amount in the correct
ratio adding the product to the water followed by the pesticide. Crops can be susceptible to scorch from mixtures of nutrients and pesticides applied
during periods of stress.