AXIOM Harpin Protein Label, MSDS and EPA docs
axiom_sds.pdf (68.7 KB)
Fact Sheet Harpin Protein.pdf (153.2 KB)
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I soaked one single runt plant to see if there is an overdose problem. I am more concerned with the foliar fertilizer dose than the OCC product.
I can’t say for sure what the with and without OCC weight would be, everything is so much better this year. I am think as a whole I will be north of 4k pounds. I am still maintaining the dividend rows as before. The test will get OCC and fertilizer, the control will just get fertilizer. I will post some comparison soon, kind of tough to tell in a photo, but with my eyes, I think the test group looks better than control.
The one soaked runt LSD, not to be included in trial weights. It is an edge plant, I will start my trial/control weight groups about 5 plants into each row to limit edge effects.
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“Ooops Dan did it again”
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It’s my understanding that vertical gardening (depending on number of levels) will yield twice the amount of actual grow space for every square foot of “floorspace.”
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Thanks, Dan! Looking forward to further updates throughout the grow season. Let me know if you need any help, information-wise.
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How about trail cams set up to take photos at specified periods?
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Will do.
What do you think of OCC’s use with harpin protein?
I believe it is internal cellular signaling. I would OCC would make that more effective.
What I am banking on with this harpin application.
“Researchers found that Harpin-treated plants grew larger and faster than plants not treated with the protein, suggesting possibly higher yields and earlier maturity. They discovered that Harpin accelerated ripening and improved yields on plants like cotton, citrus, peppers and tomatoes. High Yield Magazine claimed the same results in their December 2012 edition. Along with high yields Harpin also increased photosynthesis, increased nutrient uptake, increased root systems, promoted flower initiation, fruit set and size. It also reduced nematode and pest populations, and decreased the likelihood of botrytis, mold and fungal rot.”
There is a good deal of research on this protein. This is more of a layman article summarizing harpin protein.
http://www.urbangardensupply.net/blog/axiom-from-a-growers-perspective/
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I have my security cams and will be making another timelapse, halfway through July was the first application, it may be visible at that time. I plan to work on that next week and will post it here. Next application will be tomorrow.
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I won’t presume to know off the top of my head, how the NOC10K will react with the harpin proteins, but am forwarding this on to our team, so we can collectively discuss and get back to you. Thanks again for providing this info as it’s very helpful.
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This looks good to me. We are talking a max of 60# N (30# in A1 and 30# in A2) per acre within the root zone (A1 and A2 with about 9 inches of depth. Technically, A1 and A2 are in the trace category, so maybe even 30# max. Nitrogen applications stopped as of July 16th (4 applications total since planted, half up front, half trickled over 3 additional applications). I did some reading and according to soil analysis guides, 60% of conventional fertilizer is captured by plants, meaning that an estimated 180#N for the crop requires 300#N applied. I stopped at 280# and have some remaining from OM. This doesn’t look off to me with another month of nitrogen utilization as N consumption tapers as we enter the final phase of flowering in September. Internal parts of the plants are already being depleted for their reserves. Bear in mind that this is from to edge of the root zone, my row alleys are way bigger than needed, but the OLCC isn’t composed of farmers and their rules on spacing have no basis in logic. I was worried that there would be a strip of too much nitrogen, I am glad to see the roots reached out about 5.5ft from the stem and over 24" deep. A cover crop will be placed this year, and intercropping will happen next year. I will take another sample in September and ensure that nitrogen is completely depleted before make fertilizer decisions next year, cover crop credits will be included in those estimates.
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Being the imposter syndrome fellow that I am, I decide to dig a couple more holes. One well within the root zone and one in the 1ft strip down the center alley where there are no roots. The previous test was done at the leading edge. Rather than waste 5 tests on this, I took a fine scraping of the entire soil profile down 24+ inches (minus the top dry 2-3 inches), blended and I am testing it now. I can make a reasonable estimate of total nitrogen in the rootzone and in a ~1’ foot band between root zones.
I am curious to see what there is to see.
On a side note, I can’t find any appreciable amounts of phosphate. 
I will need to do some more testing in this area, to be sure, but I did run it 3 times, once at depth and twice in the most root laden zone, but on the leading edge. Not a dang thing…
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Final test.
There appears to be a 1ft band dead center of the alley that contains twice as much extractable nitrogen as the root zone. Keep in mind that total nitrogen is higher than available nitrogen. This method leeches all nitrogen from organic and inorganic forms to give a total picture. I am unsure how to differentiate the percent available, but it should be less than the total. Judging by the percent 5% OM at the beginning of the season, this may very well be 50% organic matter driven at this point.
I believe that within the root zone there is 30#N total, and in that 1ft band with only some fine root hairs, it is between 30#N and 60#N.
This central band may be depleted over the next month or two, or it may not. My rows are 400ft long and there are 13 alleys. This totals 5,200sqft or 12% of an acre. This means there is 3.6-8.2lbs of nitrogen that may be in excess.
I will certainly keep an eye on this.
I would like to thank @AmericanWeedwolf for pushing me to check. I had planned on using some foliar 10-30-20, but I will skip that after these tests and only apply some 0-50-30. Seriously, where did my phosphate go? P is pretty much immobile with enough Ca, pH is above 6.5 and below 7.0, on average. My pond water is 7.4 pH.
I believe this is more a problem due to ridiculous canopy rules. Maybe I can use this to get the rules changed? I would prefer a 5’ alley, not an 8’ alley. Anyway, cover cropping may draw all of this remainder in, intercropping will prevent it next year. And who knows, maybe by the end of September there will be nothing left regardless. I’ll test again in a month.
These appear darker overall compared to the first run. Some reason for this could be that closer to the drip line may have more nitrogen from fertigation, however previous tests within the hill show that A1 was depleted, so likely a gradient there between root mass density and distance from drip lines. I may test deeper under the hill just to be sure of this. Initial compost was applied in bands on these rows, so closer to center should have more OM to be extracted. Tough to say really. Being darker past the majority of the root mass makes sense. Sort of an interesting variation.
Left is within the root zone, right is in the central band. Do they look different? After more settling, they both look low, now. Perhaps there is enough being drawn from the center.
Central band soil. Some fine roots.
Mid way between trunk and leading edge of the roots. Much more roots to be found here.
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Reference photo for outside the root zone nitrogen levels as of July 4th.
This is obviously in excess, above 60#N is the test fidelity, probably as much as 180#/a (based on application rate, this is a fraction of an acre in area), hard to say. I’d say it has dropped 75% in about a month.
July 4th, middle of alley, outside root zone.
August 1st, middle of alley (right), fine root hairs only.
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Since we are on the subject of random acts of god, check this one out. @fdousty
I had my mainline seperate and go unnoticed for 30-60minutes. The pressure actually shot the pipe 6-8 ft (20 ft by 3" and full of water, about 7.5 gallons).
It filled my greenhouse ditches and spilled over and down a row.
I spent a good 2 hours shoveling dry dirt into this babbling brook. Roughly 400 linear feet of repair.
Flooding irrigation is a thing, right?
About 150ft times 2.5 (north, center and half of the south side of this double row).
Center of rows.
Exposed roots… Hey, at least I got a nice visual of an awesome root system.
Hand filled ruts.
I don’t expect too much of a problem. The hills are meant to prevent this sort of problem from causing much damage to the plants. At worst, maybe some stunting, and at best maybe some stress that will speed transition.
Good thing there is only 30lbs or so per acre of Nitrogen left. @AmericanWeedwolf Probably around 800 sqft affected, so roughly 0.5lbs N may end up below the root zone. I do plan to dig here when the mud settles and see how deep that water went. It mostly ran over the top and probably 3-4 inches of mud at the base of the hills.
I have a sprinkler right at the pond that I will now leave running. I can see it from a distance and gauge a pressure drop. Luckily, I had some garden sprinkler going, which is why I noticed as quickly as I did, but not quick enough. Had this be a drip watering event, I would have had no visual clue that this was happening… Always lessons to be learned.
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Thank you for sharing that! Yes, I agree, as you said, randoms acts of God 
can be painful sometimes, but the lessons and the experience is priceless.
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I forgot to update this week, I’ve been busy.
Lots of good news.
- The OLCC finally found my $6000 payment from all the way back in Oct. 11 2017 for this year’s license. Just in time to renew for next year before being too late to stay licensed.
- The government actually profusely apologized to me for their mistake.
- Renewal app just needs to be scanned and uploaded and I am good to go.
- My plants are straight bangin!
- I plan to work on my next timelapse today after submitting my OLCC app.
Regalia on deck. This is my 3rd biosimulant this week. @BioNatural-Amrit was the first round (Taba and Nutrifoliar) I think these got me about a foot of lateral branching growth in 4 days. Then it was Axiom by RX Green Technologies, finally Regalia by Marrone Bio Innovations. Of course @Glenn.InergiAg and his OCC product has been in the mix as well, maintaining a with and without with these stimulants. I really think there will be a yield difference between trial and control.
Excellent lateral branching.
Hide the pain Harold. I thought I was smiling, but this was after a 2 mile hike with 75lbs on my back.
@geoshepard this is why I think I need that custom scale frame, 8ft is probably cutting too close. Thanks for the flexibility to go to 9ft. I can’t weight (it is a pun) to use your scale to cut my biggest bottleneck by at least 50%, or more. I will let you know how much faster we move.
Understory is looking good. I think these plants are smarter than me, so I just let them ditch their internal vegetation without aid. Hasn’t failed me before, and way too much labor to care otherwise. Next step is a 1 mile hike on my knees applying 3300 metrc tags.
At least it is dry and cool in there.
Started getting aphids on the 1st. Released some ladybugs and the aphid population seems to be down to 20% after a week or 10 days. I bought some Grandevo (bioinsecticide by Marrone Bio Innovations), may apply that tomorrow. It is safe for predators.
Aphid population on the decline.
William’s Wonder looks ahead of schedule, which is good. I am hoping to get it down, dried and bucked, asap. I am afraid I will be short on harvest space… The best problem I have had in 3 years.
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Looks great, Dan! Don’t forget, you can add 3% Hydrogen peroxide to your tank mix, which, along with the OCC will rid the plants of pests, and release water as “residue.”
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Is the OCC + H2O2 relatively safe for predators?
I reckon I will gives this a shot before my next round of biostimulants.
Thanks Glenn!
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Nice job Dan!
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Animal predators? Yes.
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