Wetting agents
Episode: Four
Date: 25th April
Story: Wetting agents
Presenter: Neville Passmore
Neville takes a look at the brilliant new Wetlock system, an extraordinary new way to keep moisture in your soil.
Tips and Facts
- WA has sandy water repellent soil types; this is why wetting agents have been so essential for our gardens.
- Old fashioned wetting agents can be harsh on beneficial soil organism and are only effective for four to six weeks.
- A new West Australian company has developed new ways to achieve the same results, with a non-toxic and environmentally safe system.
- Wetlock is a brand new product that can provide constant moisture and nutrients levels for your soils.
Featured Products
Wetlock Penetrator
- Unblocks water-repellent soils and clays.
- Assists moisture penetration into and beyond root zone.
- Encourages deeper root growth.
- Allows soil to breathe and re-oxygenate.
- Significantly reduces evaporation.
- No Surfactant- totally environmentally safe.
To use Penetrator
- Simply attach a standard click-on garden hose to the top of the bottle.
- Remove pin from top.
- Hold finger over hole on the lid.
- Turn on your tap and spray out.
- Then spray water over area.
Wetlock Retain
Retain is the other crucial part of the Wetlock system.
You need to wait 24 hours after applying Penetrator, before applying Retain.
Many soils don?t hold adequate moisture to support healthy plant growth, and this is why you need Retain, because it;
- Retains soil moisture and nutrient.
- Greatly reduces plant stress.
- Enhances germination and vigorous shoots.
- Promotes healthy and sustained plant growth.
- Facilitates nutrient uptake.
- Encourages capillary root growth.
- Stabilises soil temperature profiles.
- Totally environmentally safe.
- Both products are concentrated and can cover a huge area and typically last 12-24 months.
Contact
Nexxon Australasia
11 Vulcan Rd
Canningvale WA 6155
P: 1300 858 202
Email: sales@nexxon.com.au
Wetlock Penetrator and Retain is available at your local Waldecks.
Click here for your local Waldecks store
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