Soil Conditioner
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Soil Conditioning for worm cast control
Products such as Cast Off aim to acidify the soil, others include the use of sulphates. Methods vary according to the soil type. Please contact me for specific advice. See this page Pests Soil Conditioner
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What is Purity Soil Conditioner?
Camellia Sinensis Seeds
If you walk through the hills in certain areas of China you will see the classic waist-high clipped neatness of tea plantations, not a flower or seed anywhere to be seen on the manicured bushes. However, let those bushes grow and they become substantial trees 20 to 30ft tall. They flower and produce seeds that are about the size of a conker and similar in colour. These seeds from the Camellia sinensis tree are harvested and exploited for the tea seed oils that are squeezed from them using steam and an auger press. The tea seed saponin sources in Purity are often confused with tea tree oils which come from a totally different plant from a totally different continent. The manufacturers are continuously scouting the world for new fertiliser ingredients, especially organic ones, and many of these ingredients are by-products from other processes. They realised that the residual saponin content within the tea seeds combined with the trace elements and small amount of NPK made an ideal soil conditioner ingredient. So we devised a method to combine it with activators that made it suitable for sports and other amenity turf conditions. The tea seed pulp is dried, crushed, sieved and combined it with other ingredients to form it into Purity. How do I use Purity soil conditioner? The product spent a year on STRI (Sports Turf Research Institute) trials to establish the correct granule size and the correct application rates necessary for optimum effect. The mini 1-2mm grain size has the best action and 30 grams per square metre (300 kgs per hectare) was established as giving the best result without costing the greenkeeper and groundsman more than necessary. Purity is a product that has become the go-to saponin soil conditioner and it has amazing results in the warmer, wetter months such as September, October and March, April, and May. Interestingly with warmer winters, we are seeing Purity applied through November, December, and January as well with great effect. 
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