Research
Background
Before Clarus Technology organic fertilizer use was carried out inefficiently and results achieved randomly- mostly without success. A lot of time was wasted testing these products; even what to name them preoccupied the industry – Organic? Organic-based? Natural? Natural-organic? What did it matter?
Introduction
With Clarus Technology methods are used for converting millions of tons of organic nutrients, going to waste causing harm to the environment, into high performance Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers – a regulatory term requiring rigorous testing and research data normally reserved to man-made synthetics.
Clarus Formulation Technology: Utilizing a combination of techniques the methodology for organic materials identifies how their organic nutrients release uniquely from any particular source and predicts their signature pattern rate of release. Moriarty, John, 2003 Classifying fractions of Water Insoluble Nitrogen (WIN) from natural and organic sources on the basis used for synthetically processed Urea Formaldehyde (UF), the standard for ‘slow
release fertilizer’.
Clarus Programs: The data supports the findings in related research that showed “adding biosolids to soil for these other valuable organic substances is also known to make plants hardier with better heat and drought tolerance.” Zhang, Xunzhong, E.H. Ervin, G.K. Evanylo, K. Haering, “Drought Assessment of Auxin-Boosted Biosolids.”
Our research
VT’s Nutrients PLUS Research Study
Virginia Tech’s Nutrients PLUS Research Study
A number of Nutrients PLUS granular fertilizers were used in the programs. Clarus Pro Screamin’ Green in particular provides a good example of how singular treatments can deliver results at significantly reduced rates of nitrogen.
Erik Ervin, Rory Maguire and Adam Nichols of the Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences Department,
Virginia Tech University
Ohio State University’s Nutrients PLUS Research Study
Natural Organic Source Evaluation on a Kentucky Bluegrass- Perennial Ryegrass Mixture
John R. Street and Renee M. Stewart Horticulture and Crop Science,
Ohio State University
Nutrients PLUS’s Virginia Tech Turfgrass Study for Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer is Replicated at Old Dominion University on Corn
The research initiative with Old Dominion University is the result of collaborative efforts and developing an exceptional relationship to support a sound research-based program. L to R at the Old Dominion University are John Moriarty, President of Nutrients PLUS, Ray Grover, co-owner of Nutrients PLUS affiliate, NP Labs and Dr. Patrick G. Hatcher, Executive Director of the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium and Batten Endowed Chair of Physical Sciences, Old Dominion University.
NP Technical Bulletin – Apply Organic Matter – Reduce Turfgrass Disease
NP Technical Bulletin – Apply Organic Matter – Reduce Turfgrass Disease
In 1997, Dr Nelson of Cornell University published an article in the July 1997 of Golf Course Management documenting maximum level of control observed of turfgrass diseases using a variety of organic amendments.
Eric Nelson, Ph.D.,
Cornell University
NP Technical Bulletin – Apply Organic Matter – Reduce Nutrient Requirement
In 1997 and 1998 a study at the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation Research & Education Facility found that half as much nitrogen fertilizer was needed on bentgrass fairways receiving treatments of organic biosolids
M.J. Boehm, J.W. Rimelspach, D.C. Garling,
Ohio State University