SoftGuard

🧐 Did you know?

What is chitosan, the active ingredient in SoftGuard? Chitosan is produced from chitin – primarily from the chitinous exoskeletons of molluscs and crustaceans. Chitin is the second most abundant organic molecule on Earth after cellulose. Cellulose forms the basic structure of plants, whilst chitin forms that of bacteria, fungi and insects. In 2014, the EU authorised chitosan as a simple substance that enhances the resistance of plants.

Detailed description:

💪 How does chitosan strengthen the immune system?

• Since chitin is associated with bacteria, fungi and insects, the plant perceives its presence as an alien organism, i.e. an attack.
• In this way, chitosan enhances the plant's defence system. This means that it activates dormant genes on the chromosome that are only needed in this specific "fighting" situation.
• A similar immune reaction is triggered by the fungi Trichoderma or Micorrhiza from the plant.
• Chitosan is an organic molecule that is made up of the "LEGO" building blocks of glucose from photosynthesis in the same way as almost everything else in the living world, and is therefore a useful nutrient for plants.

🤞 Use of complementary products:

1. Step 1: Application of Tricho Immun
   Apply Tricho Immun first. It needs a few hours to penetrate the plant and a few weeks to fully spread and start protecting and strengthening it internally.
2. Step 1 add: Add Asco Alga
   In addition to Tricho Immun, you can also apply Asco Alga, which complements the effects of Tricho Immune.
3. Step 2: Apply SoftGuard and DanuVital Bio+ one week later
   After a week, you can spray SoftGuard together with DanuVital Bio+. To avoid adverse interactions, this should be done only after Tricho Immun and Asco Alga.
4. Repeat treatments: SoftGuard combinations every 2-3 weeks
   You can repeat the treatment cycles every 2-3 weeks, alternating between SoftGuard + Asco Alga and SoftGuard + DanuVital Bio+.

🌱 How does it work? 

🦀 Natural immune activator: Chitosan stimulates the plant's own defence system, increasing resistance to pathogens. This is achieved by spraying it on the leaves, where the plant's receptor senses that it is some kind of strange chitinous substance. If it is chitin, it is a fungus or insect, and therefore an enemy. So it triggers dormant genes that were previously inactive. Our plant goes on the defensive.

🦀 Antifungal effect: Many pathogenic fungi (e.g. Botrytis, Fusarium). Stimulates plants to produce chitin-degrading enzymes, i.e. to dissolve the skeleton of insects and fungi.

🦀 Wound healing property: It helps damaged parts of the plant to regenerate faster. Heals wounds. It is also used in human wound care as it is natural and degradable in 100%.

🦀 Leaf and root reinforcement: It improves the cell wall structure, making the plant more resistant to external stress.