Trevor New Zealand – RC3 trial – sweet corn – “Now flowering around 6ft tall. Most local sweet corn reach about 5ft tall after flowering” – 31-1-21

Trevor New Zealand – Corn Harvest. Corn plants grew to 6’6″ and were well above average and the taste of the cobs had improved greatly.

Trevor – New Zealand – RC3 trial – tomatoes
“Best tomatoes I have ever grown. From two dwarf tomato plants which are now 5ft tall!”

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Using RC3 has helped in keeping at bay, predatory insects, increased flowering and has made the orchard bee friendly. By following Bob’s protocol, fruit production has increased significantly, enabling us to maintain our “chemical free status” with no damage anywhere in the orchard. This I attribute to the increase of tree health and natural defences which have been documented by measuring chlorophyll, sap and soil PH levels. EC and Brix levels are being monitored by Bob on a regular basis. I have now understood how important these tests are and have subsequently purchased my own equipment to continue testing on a regular tests.

RC3 is also sprayed on commercially grown fine stem Rhodes grass / Lucerne hay mix. The use of this product together with Bobs’ instructions has exceeded all expectations. Insect infestation has dramatically decreased and the health, vitality, quality and growth of hay produced has increased. As depicted in the photos following, we also grow a variety of fruit trees which prior to treatment were not doing well. Photos are self evident.

Commercial avocadoes first season (2020) after spraying with RC3

Persimmon tree has cropped once in 10 years. Sprayed with amazing results

Commercial pawpaw 2021 season

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I became aware of Geo Leak Solutions RC3 during 2020 when a report of success on control of pasture dieback was published by Qld Country Life. Having had approximately three years exposure to the problem of pasture dieback through another product. Not unlike the report on RC3, some success in managing PDB had been recorded. Contact was subsequently established with Bob Alder, principal of Geo Leak Solutions.

Having come to understand the potential to use RC3 for alternative purposes and to improve macadamia production in particular, field trials were undertaken on two commercial macadamia farms in SE Qld. In both cases, the trials produced encouraging results. The interest was to determine if RC3 could improve nut set and the volume of nuts carried through to maturity. Visual assessment in both cases appears to confirm positive results, sufficient for those growers to commit to a program for the 2021 crop. This will consist of three applications from flowering to oil accumulation (August to December).

Apart from macadamias, small scale trials on lychee, mangoes, carambola (5 corner fruit) and papaya, show positive signs of improved tree health and resistance to disease. On mangoes, the onset of anthracnose on fruit has been observed to be halted after RC3 was applied. The area of affected fruit on the tree was restricted to that before treatment. Balance of the crop went on to maturity without disease infection.

Similarly, papaya which have traditionally been affected with black spot immediately after fruit set are 99% clear of the problem at this time. This is worthy of further work, given that no fruit has gone on to harvest previously. A 12/13 yr. lychee which has never produced a crop, set and held a good quality crop for 2020 after RC3 application at flowering. We note also a carambola tree 12/13 years, which had dramatically declined in health, appears to have recovered significantly and is setting flowers for a 2021 crop. It has been determined to remove the tree but that appears not to be necessary.

Geo Leak Solutions’ RC3 appears to have real potential to assist horticulture in particular. Further use in the field will confirm this.

Commercial macadamias as mentioned

Carambola tree

Lychee tree and fruit

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• Fruit quality issues – internal flesh cracking, soft internal flesh, poor shelf life.
• Inconsistent yields between different plantings with the same fertilizer program.
• Soil and plant viral infections.
• To increase the soil microbial biomass.
• Improve nutrient retention in high drainage soils.
• Double crop opportunity with the same planting.

Products used:

• Geo Leak Solutions RC3 mixed with
• Humic Solutions Humates as a foliar spray.
• Humic Solutions Humates, Olssons’s Sea Minerals for soil conditioning
• Other NPK inputs in conjunction with Humic Solutions Humates for decreased nutrient leaching.

Innovation

• Seedling drench with RC3 prior to transplanting
• Humate and sea minerals for soil conditioning at two-week intervals during the production cycle
• Two foliar applications of RC3: plants at the running stage, plants at the fruit set/fruit fill stage
• RC3 foliar application at the bud swelling stage prior to flowering
• RC3 foliar application after fruit set for fruit retention
• After the first main harvest, apply two RC3 foliar applications to re-grow a new crop canopy
• Humates, sea minerals fertigated during the crop re-grow stage. No additional nitrogen applied; maintenance applications of calcium and potassium during fruit fill stage.
  Innovation commenced February 2020

Key results

• Increased plant growth responses after the RC3 applications
• Significant reduction in pesticide applications for mildew and chewing insects
• Soil microbial biomass readings increased from 800 to 2,200 micro g/cm, which is an exceptional result.
• Soil microbial biomass readings of 2,200 micro g/cm were maintained during the second crop re-grow and fruit fill stage, without additional nitrogen fertilizers
• Consistent yields between planting ~50 tonnes/Ha, compared with previous years @ 30-45 tonnes/ha
• Good improvement in plant sap brix readings from 1.5-3 in 2019 to 5-6 in 2020
• Second crops that were treated with RC3 yielded ~30-40 tonnes/ha
• Substantial improvements with fruit quality; internal cracking virtually eliminated; crisp, dark red flesh maintained; fruit size consistent to achieve preferred sizing specifications for the supermarkets.
• Fruit brix consistently achieved 12-14 at harvest, when the minimum brix specifications at harvest for supply is 10.

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• Die back in mangoes
• Reducing yields and tree vigour
• Soil & plant fungal infections
• To increase the soil fungal microbial biomass
• Improve water retention during below average successive wet seasons.

Products used

• Geo Leak Solutions RC3 mixed with Humic Solutions Humates as a foliar spray
• Humic Solutions Humates, Olssons’s Sea Minerals & Geo Leak Solutions EWS 30SH for soil conditioning and water retention
• Other NPK inputs in conjunction with Humic Solutions Humates

Innovation

• Treatment started with humate and sea minerals for soil conditioning and then a RC3 and Humates foliar treatment to pick up the plant health and eradicate the tree fungal infections
• Two foliar applications of RC3 one month apart
• Humates, sea minerals EWS 30SH were soil applied to condition the soil during the wet season
• RC3 foliar appliction at the bud swelling stage prior to flowering
• RC3 foliar application after fruit set for fruit retention
• Two RC3 foliar applications applied during the fruit-fill stage for crop sizing
• Humates, sea minerals and EWS 30SH fertigated during the crop fill stage which also acted as a chelation agent for the soluble NPK fertilisers applied
  Innovation commenced February 2020

​Key results

Trees with mild die back responded quickly with the first two RC3/Humate/Sea Minerals/EWS 30SH applications. Two new flushes on the trees with the majority of trees growing a new canopy of the whole tree. Leaf size changes measured with the new flush to have 150% increase in the surface area of the new flush with the same number of leaves/flushes @12-15 leaves, compared with previous flushes prior to the treatment program.

Trees with severe dieback infestations took up to six months to grow new leaves, which was during the flowering/fruit fill crop stage. The trees grew 2-3 flushes during that time, with the same increases in leaf size and a new canopy 50-80% of the tree volume over two months.

Improvement in fruit retention with a reported increase in fruit size packed at harvest. The fruit density also increased, as the fruit size packed out needed computer program changes which had been set for smaller fruit to a heavier weight.

Soil has better nutrient holding capacity due to the chelation ability of the humates

Good plant and flower health with fruit quality improving substantially on the previous year

The total Calypso mango crop was down by 15% in 2020 compared with the 2019 mango harvest. The NT industry average decrease in mango harvest in 2020 compared with 2019 was between 50-65%, which was considered and “off year”. An exceptional result with the RC3,Humates,Sea Minerals and EWS 30SH program.

Average rainfall 950mm and irrigation to whole property.
Ian – Katherine Northern Territory

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