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Previously only available to visitors of our retail store, Cornucopia Plus introduces the newest fertilizer
combination, now being offered to all! Headlined by the One-Step All-Purpose Formula X,
the face of hydroponic gardening will be changed forever. The Cornucopia Plus line of plant fertilizers are low salt fertilizers made
using clear mountain spring water, and the purest form of nutrient additives.
Specially formulated to increase nitrogen assimilation, blossom life, root biomass,
flower/fruit formation, promote earlier flowering, and to minimize transplant loss, you will see results never
possible with your standard fertilizers. Most fertilizers available today fail to provide your crops with the
levels of sulfur (aids metabolic roles during photosynthesis, and carbon dioxide fixation) and magnesium
(influences the size of the plant roots). Formula X, Grow,
and Bloom provide just the right amount to help
your plant absorb the maximum amount of nutrients, therefore allowing your plants to grow to their fullest
potential.
State of the art water-soluble plant extracts provide auxiliary SALT-FREE metabolites for assisting
nitrogen assimilation, promoting outstanding root development, and helping the plant achieve optimal respiration.
New and improved wetting and solubilizing agents minimize salt buildup, while enhancing wetting and aeration
capabilities of your growing media. Cornucopia Plus fertilizers stay IN SOLUTION, meaning no salt residue to
settle out and accumulate in the bottom of the tank, or to clog watering lines and emitters!
Tricarboxylic Acids / Organic Plant Acids
Just how important are organic acids?
In 1966 J.C. Noggle reported a correlation between yield and concentration of organic acids in plants.
Nutrient treatments which increase organic acids also increase yields. Is it possible to increase yield
by adding acids to a plants environment? The answer is a resounding "YES!" for soil media, soil-less
media, and hydroponic systems.
Why organic plant acids?
The two most obvious requirements for cell maintenance and growth are a source of energy and a source
of carbon skeletons for higher plants. Both the energy and carbon skeletons are supplied by the reactions
of the Tricarboxylic Acid cycle. In any plant tissue, the amount of acid varies with phase of development
and environmental conditions. The limits of variation are the types of acid accumulated are genetically controlled.
Respiration represents largely the metabolism of Tricarboxylic Organic Acids in a series of biochemical reactions:
Accumulating mineral ions; Oxidation of food occurring in living cells; Synthesizing fats; Proteins, sugars, and
other compounds; Maintenance of protoplasmic structure; cell division. Organic acids that serve as respiratory
intermediates are derived from carbohydrates occupying a metabolic crossroads between fats, protein, and
carbohydrates.
Plant roots secrete carbon dioxide gas, carbonic acids, and organic acid into the soil where carbon dioxide gas is
absorbed by the surrounding plant acids. The combination of gas and acids are then transported to the aerial
parts of the plants, which contributes materially to the total carbon dioxide assimilation of plants. The relationship
between acid metabolism, carbon dioxide fixation, and ion uptake by roots runs parallel with total photosynthetic
assimilation. Many plant tissues can metabolically fix carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a non-photosynthetic
process involving organic acids, while carbon dioxide fixation in leaves involve organic acids.
In summary, Tricarboxylic Acids overwhelmingly aid in:
- Mineral metabolism
- Nitrogen metabolism
- Energy to drive metabolic processes
- Fat metabolism
- Carbohydrate metabolism
- Amino acid metabolism
- Carbon dioxide fixation
- Overall plant growth
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