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TO GROWING SOLUTIONS! |
Your one-stop shop for fertigation, custom formulated liquid
fertilizers and water treatment products and services.
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Distributors
of pHirst™ irrigation water treatment products used
extensively in the golf course, commercial turf and the nursery
industry.
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pHirst™
Water treatment products |
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Custom
formulated liquid fertilizers |
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Water
treatment and fertigation injection equipment |
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ESD Waste2Water
products |
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Growing
Solutions is a service-oriented business that will supply
superior service and equipment.
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We
offer complete water and soil testing to our customers through
Brooksville laboratories, as well as using an outside consultant
for an impartial judge on the quality of your water.
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As
part of our service - we offer a Smart test. This test allows
our technicians to do a complete analysis on your unit - whether
it is our equipment or our competitors’ equipment. We
have the technology to do a complete analysis of your water
system.
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| OUR
MISSION |
To
Exceed The Expectations Of And Solve Problems For Our Customers
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| OUR
DIFFERENCE |
So, what's the difference between pHirst™ and some other
products produced by some other producer?
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First
of all, pHirst™ is produced with only the best raw materials.
Without the finest raw materials, the production method is
immaterial. The sulphuric acid used in the production of pHirst™
is a "virgin" acid. This simply means that it has
not been used in any industrial process that contributes to
the addition of "heavy metals". Not only is the
acid virgin, it also meets U.S. standards for "heavy
metals" content.
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Quality
urea is the other essential ingredient in pHirst™. In
handling urea, foreign materials such as gravel and other
debris can find their way into the urea. Our urea is handled
with the utmost of care. If any question arise about foreign
material mixing with our urea, then the end product (pHirst™)
is filtered through an expensive set of filters. This ensures
that when the product is delivered to the golf course, it
will not clog any of the irrigation systems (including the
low volume systems).
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No
other production company has this quality control measure
in place.
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A
corrosion inhibitor is also added to pHirst™. This helps
where the product comes in contact with metal such as bulk
delivery tankers and in other areas such as stainless storage
tanks or irrigation delivery systems.
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WHY
IT WORKS
Do You Need pHirst™? |
In
A Nutshell
Adding pHirst™ to your irrigation water (acidulating)
reduces and eliminates bicarbonate. Destruction of bicarbonate
HAS to happen before sodium will move down through the soil
profile below the root zone where damage occurs.
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Acidulating
the irrigation water will also produce soluble calcium and
improve soil structure and water penetration and help to correct
alkali-induced nutritional problems.
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Acidulation
of the water will also increase the availability of phosphorus
and micronutrients. Once these undesirable cations (sodium,
etc.) are removed from your negatively charged soil (clay)
particles then much of the sodium is replaced with beneficial
cations such as calcium.
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This
puts the sodium into solution and allows it to move down through
the soil profile and makes available some of that free calcium
that was tied up.
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The
Good, The Bad & The Toxic
Most irrigation water contains some amount of dissolved salts.
Some are "beneficial" and some are "toxic"
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The
Beneficial: "Good" salts (such as calcium,
magnesium, nitrate and sulphate) are free beneficial nutrients.
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The
Toxic: Unfortunately, other salts are also present
(such as sodium, chloride and boron) which must be carefully
managed or avoided, if possible. A third group (carbonates,
bicarbonates and silicates) is usually also present and will
interact with these salts.
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More Bad News: Along with all of this, high
pH can compound the problem. Liquid phosphate materials (such
as 10-34-0) can also form insoluble precipitates with the
carbonate and bicarbonate that can reduce fertilizer efficiency.
The presence of these salts in irrigation water can cause
destruction of soil structure and precipitation of insoluble
salts in irrigation equipment.
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| The
Answer
Acidulate the water with pHirst™. If you are using
a water source high in sodium, pH and bicarbonates, you
have a problem. Sodium affects the soil structure that impairs
water penetration (soil sealing).
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Sodium
and other harmful salts are also phytotoxic to your crops.
Usually, with increased sodium you will find high bicarbonate
and high pH levels in the water as well.
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| Can
you get rid of all the sodium in the soil? No. The only answer
is to manage the situation. |
