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Vibelsol^®-treated fertilizers in citrus, grape in Meishan City, Sichuan province

Limus^®-treated urea in corn, in Xuzhuang tong, Weinan city, Shaanxi province

Limus^®-treated urea in apple, Peng Lai district, Yantai city, Shandong province 

Vibelsol^®-treated fertilizers in citrus in Guangxi

Vibelsol^®-treated fertilizers in maize in Shandong province

Vibelsol^®-treated fertilizers in melon and vegetable in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, and other south provinces

What challenges were you trying to solve by using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

Citrus is a key crop in Meishan with a long history. Somehow, the traditional farmers lack plant nutrient knowledge regarding fertilizer application – right product, right timing, right amount, right place. Therefore, the citrus yield and quality were not so great. 

What are the results to your crops and your business of using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

We carefully selected a few leading farmers to do comparison trials in citrus, followed up with many farmer and retailer meetings to show the good field performance. Since 2019, this gradually convinced the farmers and retailers that Wistom is a good product to improve the citrus yield and quality.

Nowadays, more and more farmers are happy with its field results and earn higher income as a result. 

Compared with normal fertilizer, the citrus with Wistom application showed more flower buds and earlier blooming.

Performance

Compared to normal urea, the maize root system with Limus-treated urea was well developed, the plants were robust, and showed obvious stress-resistance under the same high temperature and drought stress.

Performance

Compared to normal urea, the new shoots of apples with Limus-treated urea are strong and not excessively long. The leaves are thick and green and stretched, the flowers bloom neatly and robustly, and the fruit expands quickly.

What challenges were you trying to solve by using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

• Reduce the number of fertilizer application.
• Flexible application including soil incorporation, fertigation, topdressing, and flooding use.
• Balanced supply of nutrition: Long-lasting nutrient availability up to 3 months once fertilizer used in the field.
• Improve fruit setting rate and fruit uniform in size.  
   

What are the results to your crops and your business of using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

The results are stronger shootings without over-growth. The leaves are medium in size, and the leaf color is green and reflective. There was a moderate number of flowers with good flower quality, which made it easy to preserve fruits and improve the fruit quality and yield.

The sales of Ya La Zi Zun have been increased by 33% year-by-year in 2019-2022.

What challenges were you trying to solve by using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

• The seedling safety when fertilizer and seeds are being used/sowed simultaneously.
• Enhance the stress resistance and reduce prematurity of corn; one-time fertilization is enough to meet the nutrient requirement in whole growth stage of corn. 
• Reducing the amount of fertilizer use but also improve the quality and yield.

What are the results to your crops and your business of using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

Vibelsol-treated fertilizers improved the seedling rate of corn and created a stronger root system and plant stem. This also prolonged the fertilization time without triggering over-growth in early stage and de-fertilization in late growth stage. Vibelsol improved the crop’s uptake of more phosphate and micronutrients from the soil. Therefore, Vibelsol eventually increased the corn yield. 

What challenges were you trying to solve by using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

• Help the growers to improve the crop quality and economic benefits by solving challenges with instant fertilizers which have a short fertilization period Also, products with a long fertilization period cannot be instant and fully water soluble.
  
• Reduce the nitrate content of vegetables.
• Improve the quality and shelf life of vegetables.

What are the results to your crops and your business of using BASF Vibelsol stabilizer products and related services?

Watermelon in Yancheng, Jiangsu province: Due to the stable and long-lasting fertilization of Vibelsol-treated fertilizer Ya La Zhi Zun, the watermelon quality is improved with uniform size, the commodity rate is increased by 20%, and the yield and income have increased by 25%.

Watermelon in Beihai, Guangxi province: Watermelon has fast seedling extraction, vigorous plant growth, well-developed root system and deep rooting, fast fruit expansion, deformed melons are rare, and the melon shape is good. The high-quality melon rate is increased up to 95%.

Pepper and tomato: Pepper leaves are moderate in size, green and reflective, with good flower quality and high seed setting rate. Peppers are straight and full with good skin color, and the yield is increased by more than 23%. Tomato fruits are uniform in size, and the number of fruits per layer is 1 -2 pieces more, the fruit color is bright and reflective, the yield per fruit is high, and the commercial rate is as high as 93%.

The sales of Vibelsol-treated fertilizer Ya La Zhi Zun have been increased by 30% year-by-year, and become the leading brand with 35% market share in this segment.