High value crops that benefit with Safetysorb™ Zeolite
use are vegetables, fruits, potatoes, alfalfa, etc. There are two
basic methods for holding fluids and plants nutrients, and the first is by
“absorption.”
Safetysorb™ Zeolite will absorb up to 60% of its weight
in water or other liquids. Water, ammonium (nitrogen) and other plants
nutrients that are held in this position are loosely held and are
water-soluble. This is the first big advantage - the
Safetysorb™ Zeolite
is a drought insurance program. In sandy soils where the water
permeated through the growth zone to the aquifer, it will hold the
water in the growth zone. The second advantage is the cation exchange
(measured as cation exchange capacity or “CEC”).
Safetysorb™ Zeolite holds cations such as ammonium
(nitrogen),
 potassium, calcium, and other
plant nutrients within the mineral lattice where it is not
water- soluble. However, the cations and plant nutrients are plant
accessible on a plant demand basis. The nitrogen in this position, for
instance, will not burn the plant. The zeolite will hold nitrogen
fertilizers in the growth zone where they are plant accessible.
Typically, 30 to 35 % of the nitrogen fertilizers leach directly to
the water table where they cause pollution of the aquifer. For
High value crops such as mushrooms (also known as fungi),
Safetysorb™ Zeolite utilizes hydrogen bonding to uptake mineral nutrients from the
soil. Hydrogen bonding is also the same mechanism that
clinoptilolite employs to adsorb cations. It’s the same mechanism that
lichens (an organism that is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus
and an algae) utilize to extract elemental nutrients from rock
surfaces. We believe that zeolite may act as a hotel
 for the
developing mycelia (the actual organism, mushrooms are the
reproductive structures of the mycelia culture).
Safetysorb™ Zeolite should also help to keep moisture in the soil which is extremely
important to growing fungus. For crops and grasses, successful
improvements have been realized with as little as 1 ton per acre.
Generally, 2 to 5 tons per acre are applied depending on the
composition of the soil being treated.
Safetysorb™ Zeolite can be
spread by hand broadcasting, using a manure spreader, or by other
devices. Although top dressing works, generally it is better to mix
the zeolite in the top 2 to 4 inches with a rototiller, spike tooth
harrow, or a disc harrow. Plowing
Safetysorb™ Zeolite places it
deeper than necessary. For row crops such as corn or soybeans, Safetysorb™ Zeolite can be applied with a side disc or by side banding. After
application, the area must be irrigated, because the
Safetysorb™ Zeolite will absorb moisture from the surrounding soil and can result
in killing the plants or grasses.
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