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| Benefits
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| FertiGator
saves time and money, and it's better for grass, plants
and for the environment. |
Save Time & Money |
Automatic,
precise & easy to use
The FertiGator puts out fertilizer for you automatically
and exactly the way you want it. No fertilizer is wasted.
When the fertilizer runs out simply swap out the container
and you are done. The FertiGator was designed to be
easy to use and hassle-free. |
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Reduce
labor costs
It takes a lot of effort to keep yards healthy, green
and pest and disease free. The FertiGator will reduce
amount of time and money spent on maintaining your property.
You no longer have to pay someone (or do it yourself)
to trudge around with a granular fertilizer spreader
or spray expensive and dangerous chemical treatments.
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Reduce
chemical treatments
Fertigation will create healthier plants which require
less pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. This will
save you the time and money of having to going to the
store for yet another product and save your health by
not having to deal with toxic chemicals. |
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Reduce
watering requirements
The FertiGator creates deeper root systems for grass
and plants so they need less water to stay healthy and
green |
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“Fertigation
… has been shown to decrease water use by
30 percent, while reducing non-point source
pollution from granular fertilizer.” - Robert Reaves,
Using Every Last Drop,
Irrigation
Business and Technology, Jan./Feb. 2001
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Reduce
loss rate on new plantings
People spend a lot of money on their yards - trees,
shrubs and ornamentals are especially expensive. The
FertiGator allows you to put the right amount of fertilizer
and micronutrients on your new plantings and significantly
increase their chances to survive. You can ensure that
all your hard work and money won't go to waste! |
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Create Beautiful Grass & Plants |
Total
control
The FertiGator is programmable by zone to put more fertilizer
in one area and less in another. Apply exactly what
you want and control growth and color. The FertiGator
eliminates the chance of burning or streaking by over-applying
fertilizer and also reduces excessive growth, thatch
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Healthier
roots
The FertiGator 'spoon-feeds' fertilizer in consistant
and precise amounts so the nutrients are able to penetrate
with the water deep into the root zone, adding to the
nutrient reserves, taking the energy from the top growth
and converting it to deep and lateral root growth. The
result is healthier green grass and more blades of grass.
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“Plants
micro-fed the correct fertilizers will develop healthier
root structures, need less water and be more resistant
to disease and insect infestation.” - Landscape
and Irrigation, 1999
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Gradual
feeding is better
With granular fertilizers, the plants use up the nutrients
in the first few days following treatment, growing rapidly,
requiring mowing and leaving long grass stems that cause
thatch to form. After a week or so, the lawn must endure
a period of near starvation until the next chemical
release or treatment. Another over-feeding is followed
by another stressful low nutrient period. This sequence
of peaks and valleys is very stressful for plants which
weaken cell structures and invite disease and pests.
Advancements in attempting to control the rate of release
of granular fertilizers proves that gradual feeding
is the ultimate goal. No matter the design, rain and
weather effect release rates and there is no way to
actually control when granular fertilizers release.
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Better
for the Environment
Healthier
soil
Gradual fertilization through the FertiGator brings
back microbes and enhances the ability of the plant
to obtain food from the soil. Nitrogen is very plentiful
in the air and in the soil. When it rains, nitrogen
is brought to the soil by the rain as it falls through
the nitrogen rich air. Unfortunately, this nitrogen
is not in a form that the plant can use. Microbes convert
this nitrogen from unusable molecules to plant-soluble
molecules. When microbe populations are reduced it becomes
more and more difficult for the plant to use the naturally
occurring nutrients. The increase in artificial fertilizers
increases the concentration of harmful chemicals, further
diminishing the microbial population, thus requiring
the application of still more fertilizer. Applying organic
based fertilizers with the FertiGator will improve the
quality of your soil by enhancing microbial activity.
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Less run-off
Fertigation
is a more precise way to deliver smaller concentration
of fertilizers, which results in a better absorption
rate and means less or no runoff available to contaminate
streams, rivers and ground water. It has been reported
that a very significant portion of the chemical run-off
problem our water systems are facing comes from residential
lawn chemicals.
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“The
FertiGator system design also causes less runoff and
reduced pollution.” - Landscape Architecture,
Nov. 2001
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Less dependence on chemicals
The
traditional method of granular fertilization creates
unhealthy plants with short root systems that are susceptible
to disease, weeds and bugs. The more you use, the more
pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are necessary.
All of these chemicals will eventually end up in our
water system. |
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| Fertigation
vs. granular Fertilizer |
| There's
really no comparison. See why granular fertilzers are quickly
becoming exitinct. |
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| Frequent
Questions |
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answers to common questions about fertigation and the FertiGator. |
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