The Benefits
Why use Kelpak?
Growing conditions are increasingly unpredictable, with heat, drought, flooding, salinity, erratic rainfall and poor soils threatening crop performance. Derived from freshly harvested Ecklonia maxima using proprietary Cellburst® technology, Kelpak uses nature’s own code to strengthen roots, flowering, fruit set and crop resilience.
Prolific root development- Improved nutrient uptake
- Better abiotic stress tolerance
- Stronger pollen development
- Better fruit set & retention
- Increased marketable yields
A challenging environment.
Inspired by nature, scientists are slowly peeling back the mysteries surrounding plant physiology, allowing us to understand some of their complex behaviours.
Understanding how they respond to abiotic stress, interact with the soil microbiome and why they sometimes fail, are fundamental to the science of plant health.
Kelpak's research team has successfully revealed unique attributes, hidden deep within the cells of the giant Ecklonia maxima kelp species – When processed using our proprietary extraction method, this resilient kelp releases powerful compounds that elicit a number of responses in crops that are beneficial for the grower.
The result is a powerful natural plant biostimulant that positively influences cell and tissue development through the plant's own natural processes.
Better results across all key crops:
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- Hazelnuts: +15%
- Pecan nuts: +16%
- Almonds: +17%
- Avocado: +13%
- Cherries: +18%
- Strawberries: +14%
- Table Grapes: +16%
- Citrus: +20%
- Leaf Veg: +15%
- Tomatoes: +25%
- Cereals: +13%
- Soybeans: +17%
Four pillars of performance.
Kelpak contains small amounts of naturally occurring auxins, because of the rooting effect. Kelpak does not deliver hormones but it prompts the plant to produce its own.
Establishment and rooting.
Phlorotannins, polyamines and other actives work together to trigger root initiation and development. Root biomass increases measurably, and the additional absorptive surface area shows up as more efficient uptake of the water and nutrients already in the soil.
Stress tolerance and recovery.
Under stress a plant's own polyamine concentration climbs. Kelpak supplies elicitors that support that response, helping crops withstand drought, flooding, frost and nutrient deficiency. Applied around transplant or after a stress event, it speeds re-establishment and builds reserves for dormancy.
Flowering and fruit set.
Trials show pollen grains germinating sooner and pollen tubes elongating faster when treated. Better fertilisation carries through to seed filling, the accumulation of starch, lipids and proteins, and fruit and nut retention holds through the development stages
Size, quality and shelf-life.
Kelpak promotes cell expansion and elongation, acting directly on fruit sizing. Better fertilisation also means more seeds set per fruit, and those seeds secrete the compounds that drive size. Firmness, sugar content, colour and shelf life improve alongside.
Key crop benefits:
- Pollen tube length · Control: Comparison baseline; absolute measurement not supplied.
- Pollen tube length · Kelpak: +81%
- Fruit retention per tree · Control: Comparison baseline; absolute measurement not supplied.
- Fruit retention per tree · Kelpak: +14%
- Marketable Yield · Control: Comparison baseline; absolute measurement not supplied.
- Marketable Yield · Kelpak: +18%
- Shelf-life · Control: Comparison baseline; absolute measurement not supplied.
- Shelf-life · Kelpak: +7 Days
- Marketable Yield · Control: Comparison baseline; absolute measurement not supplied.
- Marketable Yield · Kelpak: +6%
- Shelf-life · Control: Comparison baseline; absolute measurement not supplied.
- Shelf-life · Kelpak: +7,5%
Increasing yields, improving quality.
Leading the field in Biostimulants.
Kelpak’s beneficial properties have been scientifically proven through 5 decades of independent trials to significantly benefit crop productivity by eliciting several, often related actions.
These include greater root mass and lateral root growth, shoot and bud development, seed and pollen germination, pollen tube growth, chlorophyll output and photosynthesis.
These cellular level interactions lead to more resilient, healthier plants, improved yields and ultimately better outcomes for the grower.
Kelpak Seaweed Biostimulant's plant growth enhancing properties have been scientifically proven to greatly affect crop productivity by promoting several, often related actions, like greater root mass and lateral root growth, shoot and bud development, seed and pollen germination, pollen tube growth, chlorophyll output and photosynthesis. These interactions at a cellular level lead to more resilient, healthier plants, improved yields and ultimately a better return for the farmer. To ensure that Kelpak Seaweed Biostimulant is available in your region please contact us.
