1. NECESSITY of Fertilizer Reduction when using Products containing SumaGrow
July 2013

2. Ne ` ces ` si ` ty (noun)
Something essential, especially a basic requirement

3. “Every chemical-based pesticide, fumigant, herbicide and fertilizer tested, harms or outright kills some part of the beneficial life [microbes] that exists in the soil...” Dr. E. Ingham, 2002, Soil Food Web, Oregon State University Currently at the Rodale Institute

4. To Obtain Higher Quantity, You Must Reduce Fertilizer To Obtain Highest Quality, You Must Eliminate Fertilizer

5. Tecomate Max-Attract 50/50
Plot Number
Fertilizer Rate per Acre (lbs)
SumaGrow Rate per Acre (gallons)
Yield in Volume (lbs) 1
300
8.75 2
7.00 3
200
8.50 4
100
9.25 5

6. Wildlife Food Plots Monster Mix Protein Result NPK/acre Sumagrow
0.001 %
300 lbs
None
Plot 2
0.42 %
1 gallon
Plot 3
0.50 %
200 lbs
Plot 4
0.87%
100 lbs
Plot 5
2.33%
0 lbs
SumaGrow™

7. Mississippi State U. -- Cilantro
Fertilizer Rate
Product w/SumaGrow
Total Weight %
Change
100% No
2.40 --
Yes
2.58
7.5%
50%
2.50
2.98
18%

8. Holden Research – CA Peppers
Treatment
Yield in
Pounds
Percent
Increase
100%
Fertilizer
33,700 --
75% Fertilizer
+ SG
42,175
25.15%
50% Fertilizer
36,300
7.72%*
25% Fertilizer
43,025
27.67%
Zero Fertilizer
SG Only
41,375
22.77%
*Results effected by chemical drift

9. Holden Research – CA Tomatoes
Treatment
Yield in
Pounds
Percent
Increase
100%
Fertilizer
53,600 --
75% Fertilizer
+ SG
56,000
4.48%
50% Fertilizer
63,000
17.54%

10. Mississippi State U. - Tomatoes
Fertilizer Rate
Product
w/SumaGrow
Total
Weight %
Change
100% No
72.7 --
Yes
71.3
-2%
50%
72.1
83.0
14%/15%

11. Big Mistake!! 10,800 Acres x 1 gallon x 4 crops = 43,200 gallons/year
@ 2.5 gallons/acre = 108,000 gallons/year
Plus another 40,000 acres…
Your profit/commission per gallon?

12. 100% Fertilizer compared to 100% fertilizer with a SumaGrow product –
ARKANSAS COTTON
100% Fertilizer
870 Pounds
+ SG
772 Pounds
100% Fertilizer compared to 100% fertilizer with a SumaGrow product –
11.2% NEGATIVE YIELD

13. Arkansas Cotton Trial Cut Fertilizer, Yield goes UP 5.2%!
1203

14. Arkansas Cotton Trial Plant Boll Rot Tap Root Treatment Height (in)
No. Bolls (#)
Bolls/Plant (#)
Length (in)
100%
Fertilizer
42.00b
15.40b
1.20b
10.50b
SG + 50% Fertilizer
49.20a
18.60a
0.00a
12.16a
a,b Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).

15. Arkansas Cotton Trial Soil Plant Treatment Brix (%) Nitrates (ppm)
100% Fertilizer
7.60b
150b
2000b
SG + 50% Fertilizer
13.00a
210a
2500a
a,b Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).

16. Farmer comment: “On all our tests with 100% fertilizer the yields were lower.”

17. Cotton – North Carolina
76.9% Higher Revenue per bale
Bale Analysis Report Excerpt
and Calculations
Treated
Bale
Grower
Standard
Gwt
Value
494 $
508 $
515 $
512 $
511 $
487 $
520 $
464 $ $
510 $
519 $
476 $
492 $

18. Arizona Watermelon Trial
Planted Abbott & Cobb #7167 at 1,000 plants/ac.
Furrow irrigated.
Treatments (20 ac each):
SG + 90N, 46P, 74K
SG: 0.5 gal/ac pre-plant & 0.5 gal/ac at fruit set.
138N, 46P, 74K

19. Arizona Watermelon Trial
Soil
Melon
Trt
Brix (%)
Nitrate (ppm)
100% F
9.33b
210b
48.67b
SG+ 65% N, 100% P,K
12.67a
250a
57.33a
a,b, Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).

20. Watermelon 28.2% Yield Increase

21. Illinois Corn Trial – 19-21%
Arise Research
Illinois Corn Trial – 19-21%
Bushels/Acre
Dollars/Acre
100% Fertilizer
119.30
$835.10
SG + 100% Fertilizer
145.15 $
SG + 50% Fertilizer
*Deer Damage
142.20*
$995.40

22. Michigan Farmer Obtains 40% Yield Increase with 50% Reduction in Fertilizer
227 bushels/acre with SumaGrow and 162 bushels/acre for control.
Increase of 65 bushels x $5.50
NET PROFIT INCREASE OF $357.50/acre (Yield benefit only)
Corn plant approx. four weeks old

23. Other Crops – Same Results
Alfalfa
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Forage Grasses
Pumpkin
Rice
Soybeans
Strawberries
Sugar Cane

24. To Obtain Higher Quantity, You Must Reduce Fertilizer To Obtain Highest Quality, You Must Eliminate Fertilizer

25. SumaGrown vs. Conventional Fertilizer

26. LHOP Ranch, Independence, Kansas

27. Virginia Forage Trials Average 15 Fields
Treatment
Soil NO3
(ppm)
Plant NO3
Brix (%) DM
Yield
(lb/ac)
NPK
24.67a
323.33b
6.00b
3050b
1 gal/ac SG
31.29c
431.43c
7.43a
3381c
Percentage
Increase
26%
33%
23%
10%
a,b,c Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).

28. Michigan State University Greenhouse Study
Chlorophyll content
CROP
SumaGrow
+ 50% NPK
Only %
Increase
Corn
40.3
47.4
17%
Soybeans 42 47
11%
Garden
Beans
39.6
46.13
16%
Tomatoes
Clover*
43.1
46.7 8%
* Clover = Shoot Biomass

29. Manure + SumaGrow vs. Conventional Fertilizer in Tobacco
SumaGrown Control

30. Tobacco - NC
Tobacco buyer states this was the biggest and best tobacco he had ever seen!

31. Nebraska Soybean Trial – R1
Root
Tap Root
Treatment
NO3 (ppm)
Brix (%)
Nodules (No)
Length (in)
Plant
Height (in)
Control
260a
5.75a
22.57a
7.85a
18.00a
SumaGrow
290b
6.00b
28.70b
11.79b
23.00b
Percentage Increase
11% 4%
27%
50%
a,b Within a column, means without a common superscript differ (p<0.05).

32. Soybeans NC

35. China Wheat *(Drought)
Control
SumaGrow
Difference
Ave. Plant
Length (cm) 63 70
+11.1%
Ear Length
(spike) cm 8 9
+12.5%
Ave. # of
Tillers 4 10
+150%
Yield
Per MU
200 kg
450 kg
+125%

36. Exceptions which prove the Rule Examples where the farmer made more money with 100% fertilizer plus SumaGrow

38. To Obtain Higher Quantity, You Must Reduce Fertilizer To Obtain Highest Quality, You Must Eliminate Fertilizer