Bara Clay Granulate EDR

The clay holds the nutrition.

Thanks to the clay colloids ability to exchange ions, the added positive ions will get bound to the surfaces. This reduces the risks for leaks and root burn that occurs due to exceedingly high nutritional levels. This increases the total nutritional level a bit, which in turn makes it easier to get compact plants. The complexity of the clays possibility to absorb nutritions creates a root controlled long term effect. Differentiating from normal long term fertilizers where moisture and heat controls the flow, the roots themselves gets into the clay substrate and get exactly what they need as long as it’s available to them. A very important property is the cation exchange (CEC), but our clay have an additional ion capacity (AEC) which is very unusual. Further analysis shows us that we have one of the worlds cleanest clays that are particularly well adopted for use within horticulture.

• The clay produces more compact plants.

To limit the plants water intake is a safe way to get more compact plants. Peat doesn´t really help here where the levels between water and drought are very sharp. The clay makes it possible to fully control the flow in a much safer way.

Fractions

0,1-2 mm	2-6 mm

Questions and answers about clay granulate

What fraction size should I use?
That depends entirely on what you want to achieve. If you have big pots and want to have a bigger nutrient buffering capability, then you’d want to go with a bigger fraction. But if you have smaller pots and only want to affect the water intake, you should chose a smaller – finely grained fraction. The distance between the clay particles and root size will affect how much the clays ability to deliver water and nutrition will be. The shorter the distance, the bigger effect. Both fractions of clay granulate will have the same effect. If you use the same amount of clay, the smaller finer fractions will yield bigger effects. Various tests from the Netherlands confirms this. But if you add over 40 kg/m3 using the finer fraction, the substrates air content will decrease. Using high rations, 80-100kg/m3 of coarse fraction is recommended.

Where can I get Bara Mineralers clay granulate?

The biggest farmers in europe use Bara Mineralers clay granulate in their mixtures. Contact your local sales repesentant and inform him on how much clay you want delivered next time you order soil. If you want to mix it yourself, you can get the granulate delivered directly from the factory in 20 kg sacks, Big Bags or bulk deliveries.

How much clay do I need?
That depends on what kind of growth you’re dealing with, the cultivation techniques and what you want to achieve. There are variety differences that must be brought into the equation too. Practical experience dictates that the following list providing some examples using clay granulate, fraction 2-6 mm yields the advantages and quality improvements that growers expect.

More information:
If you wonder how much clay granulate you should use for your production, you are more than welcome to contact Mats Kron, Tel: (+46) 708-813309. (or 0708-813309 & 040-542212 if you’re calling from Sweden).

Crops	kg clay granulate 2-6 mm / cbm
Begonias	50
Campanula	70
Chrysanthemum	70
Pottet Roses	70
Geraniums	100
Perennials	100
Poinsettia	50
Primula	100
Saint Paulia	70