Noculate Starter Fertiliser

Noculate Starter, for use either as a starter fertiliser for new turf or as a maintenance fertiliser on greens, tees and other high quality turf areas when high levels of phosphorus are needed.

Noculate Starter greens grade fertiliser is scientifically designed to address both the biological and chemical needs of soil nutrition. For use either as a starter fertiliser for new turf or as a maintenance fertiliser on greens, tees and other high-quality turf areas when high levels of phosphorus are needed. Each of the Noculate granular products contains high-quality nutrition along with humic acid, kelp, soil wetting agent and 24 strains of beneficial microbes all in one product. For use on greens, tees, and other closely mowed turf.

Key Benefits of Noculate Starter Fertiliser

• Fixes atmospheric nitrogen and solubilises minerals in the soil profile making them plant available
• Produces organic acids that solubilise calcium phosphate making it available to the plant
• Incorporates bacteria and micro-organisms to enhance the plants ability to absorb nutrients.
• Reduces nutrient leaching.
• Improves soil structure through the addition of soil bacteria
• Use of Noculate Starter will help stabilize soil pH, increase humus levels, improve CEC of soil, increase the photosynthetic capacity of the plant, enhance root structure, stimulate plant growth via production of PGR’s and provide plants with increased resistance to environmental stress such as disease, heat, cold, drought and foot traffic

Application Rates

Apply at 3kg per 100sqm to turf and landscape every 4 to 6 weeks during the growing season.

What is the Guaranteed MInimum Analysis of Noculate Starter Fertiliser?

• Total Nitrogen (N): 14%
  • as urea: 1.5%
  • as ammonium: 5.5%
  • as methylene urea: 7.0%
• Total Phosphorous (P): 7.4% as mono ammonium phosphate
• Total Potassium (K): 5.8% as sulphate
• Total Calcium (Ca): 3.1% as sulphate
• Total Sulphur (S): 6.6% as sulphate

Key Features of Noculate Granular Fertilisers

Each of the Noculate granular products contains:

• High-quality nutrition
• Humic acid
• Kelp
• Soil wetting agent
• 24 strains of beneficial microbes.

The Noculate range of fertilisers is manufactured using a unique, technology-driven production process. Each individual formulation benefits from the addition of a select group of highly beneficial soil microorganisms. These microscopic elements have the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen and solubilize minerals in the soil profile enhancing plant nutrition.

Soils contain many naturally occurring inorganic substrates such as calcium phosphate, which are not plant-available. Many of the microbial species in Noculate fertilizers have the capacity to produce organic acids which solubilize a portion of the calcium phosphate. The end result is more calcium and phosphorus is made available to the plant essentially tapping a nutrient reserve not available under normal circumstances.

Noculate fertilisers also incorporate nitrogen-fixing bacteria into their fertilizer blends, which serves to help satisfy the nitrogen requirements of plants. Free-living, nitrogen-fixing bacteria have the capacity to convert di-nitrogen (N2) from the atmosphere into a plant-available form of nitrogen (NH3). Roughly 2/3 of the global input of fixed nitrogen arises from biological processes. Independent studies have shown that soils rich in nitrogen-fixing bacteria can sequester upwards of 100 Kg of N per hectare per year thus supporting the importance and benefit of incorporating nitrogen-fixing bacteria into fertilizer blends.

The addition of microorganisms also enhances a plant's ability to absorb nutrients. A complex series of biochemical reactions increases the permeability of the plant's cellular membrane, which in turn facilitates nutrient uptake. Tissue analysis trials at Auburn University in USA have consistently shown that plants fed biologically enhanced fertilizers contain more nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium than plants fed non-biologically enhanced fertilizers with the same N, P, K analysis.

The addition of microorganisms also serves to prolong the fertiliser's ability to stimulate growth by reducing the incidence of nutrient leaching. Soil bacteria incorporate free nitrogen into their metabolic functions. Much of this nitrogen would have been lost to the plant through the leaching process had the bacteria not incorporated it into their cell mass and temporarily stored it. This storehouse of nitrogen is then returned to the plant through a complex process known as nutrient mineralization. In short, the addition of beneficial soil microorganisms to Noculate fertilizer blends serves to satisfy the short-term and long-term nutritional requirements of the plant. These microorganisms have the capacity to expedite nutrient availability, facilitate nutrient absorption and to continue providing these nutrients to the plant over an extended period of time.

They serve to stabilize soil pH, increase humus levels, improve CEC of soil, increase the photosynthetic capacity of the plant, enhance root structure, stimulate plant growth via production of PGR’s and provide plants with increased resistance to environmental stress such as disease, heat, cold, drought and foot traffic. 

The Microbial elements in Noculate fertilisers are identifiable and quantifiable

How does Improve Soil Structure?

Noculate fertilizer blends improve the structure of the soil matrix over time through the addition of their biological components (bacteria & fungi). Many soil bacteria have the capacity to produce a glue-like substance (polysaccharides), which serve to create micro-aggregates in the soil profile. These micro-aggregates are then bound together by fungal hyphae to create macroaggregates. This biologically induced process improves soil structure over time enhancing percolation as well as the oxygen holding capacity of the soil matrix.

What are the Microbes found in Noculate Fertilisers?

Noculate fertilisers contain multiple strains of each genus or species:

• Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis:
  • Prolific enzyme producer, catalyzes countless bio-chemical reactions in the soil.
  • Produces organic acids to solubilize mineral for plant availability (mineralization).
  • Produces polysaccharides to improve soil structure (micro-aggregates)
  • Stimulates plant growth through the production of plant growth compounds (PGR)
  • Provides plants with increased resistance to environmental stress
• Bacillua megaterium, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus pumulis
  • Prolific enzyme producer, catalyzes countless bio-chemical reactions in the soil
  • Produces organic acids to solubilize mineral for plant availability (mineralization)
  • Produces polysaccharides to improve soil structure (micro-aggregates)
• Bacillus stearothermophilis
  • Prolific enzyme producer, catalyzes countless bio-chemical reactions in the soil
  • Produces organic acids to solubilize mineral for plant availability (mineralization)
  • Produces polysaccharides to improve soil structure (micro-aggregates)
  • Performs well in extremely warm soils (thermophilic)
• Bacillus azotoformans
  • Produces polysaccharides to improve soil structure (micro-aggregates)
  • Fixes atmospheric nitrogen into a plant available form
  • Stimulates plant growth through the production of plant growth regulatory compounds (PGR)
• Trichoderma viride
  • Stimulates plant growth through the production of plant growth regulatory compounds (PGR)
  • Provides plants with increased resistance to environmental stress
  • Improves soil structure through the formation of macro-aggregates

What is the Noculate range?

Noculate is Nuturf’s biologically enhanced fertilisers utilising a unique, technology-driven production process. Each individual formulation benefits from the addition of a select consortium of highly beneficial soil microorganisms. These microscopic wonders have the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen and solubilise minerals in the soil profile, both of which facilitate the never-ending quest by plants to sequester nutrition.

What are the key features of the Noculate range?

• High quality NPK nutrient delivery
• Freeze-dried technology for microbial population
• Solubilise locked soil nutrients
• Improved nitrogen cycling
• Improved root systems: root hairs and branching
• Improve soil health
• Rejuvenate soils which have been treated with pesticides
• Reduce disease activity
• Improved soil nutrient availability and nutrient uptake
• Contains Humic Acid and Wetting agent
• Small granule under 100 SGN allows year-round use on greens