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Quik Guide to Cop-R-Quik
To get good answers, ask good questions.
So, what DO you need to know about foliarly applied copper?
1. What are the top three qualities, or characteristics, of a good copper nutritional?
Solubility. Solubility. Solubility. If it’s NOT soluble – it’s NOT acceptable.
Most traditional copper pesticides are insoluble in water. The application of these products results in the characteristic blue coating that you see ON the leaf. While these products provide a coating ON the leaf, the copper is obviously not IN the leaf. These products have very little effect on copper levels INSIDE the plant. They eventually wash off the leaf, and inevitably wind up in the soil – NOT in the plant.
2. Which product contains the most soluble source of copper?
Cop-R-Quik. The copper in Cop-R-Quik is almost five times more soluble than that of its closest competitor. The copper in Cop-R-Quik is also very hygroscopic. Instead of moisture evaporating FROM the leaf surface, Cop-R-Quik attracts moisture TO the leaf surface. Whereas the copper sulfate pentahydrate utilized in competitive products can potentially dry, precipitating ON the leaf surface, Cop-R-Quik remains completely in solution, and in an active, available form until it is completely IN the plant. Because of this, Cop-R-Quik has a higher level of consistency, and outperforms other copper products.
3. In comparing copper products, which one has the highest number of bioactive units of copper?
Cop-R-Quik. Traditional copper bactericides and fungicides have up to 22.7 bioactive units of copper per unit volume. Competitive products formulated with copper sulfate pentahydrate generally have 40,000 – 50,000 bioactive units of copper per gallon. Cop-R-Quik stands head and shoulders above the competition with 120,000 bioactive units of copper in each gallon.
4. In terms of environmental impact, which copper product is superior?
Cop-R-Quik. Where traditional copper products have been used extensively, toxic levels of copper eventually build in the soil. This requires the grower to maintain high soil pH levels so that the excessively applied copper is immobilized. Higher pH levels can adversely alter the soil chemistry, and result in the immobilization of other essential elements. The end result of this approach is less productive plants that are more susceptible to disease. On the other hand, virtually all foliarly applied Cop-R-Quik goes IN the plant, where it performs essential tasks that only copper can do, and where it has NO adverse influence in the soil.
5. Cop-R-Quik is a highly soluble, amino acid complexed copper. Why is that important?
Two Reasons:
First, the copper ion is positively charged (Cu+) and the leaf surface is negatively charged. As you might suspect, this combination has a detrimental effect on foliar uptake. Whereas small, uncharged molecules – such as urea – move quickly and easily through cellular structures, ionized copper does not move as well. As part of an amino acid complex, however, the positive charge is neutralized, and the complexed copper moves more readily through the leaf surface, much like urea.
Second, the Cop-R-Quik advantage continues after the copper enters the plant tissue. Because of its highly reactive properties, we know that the long distance transport of Cu+ in the xylem most likely occurs in a complexed form with soluble nitrogen compounds – or, in other words, complexed with amino acids. Cop-R-Quik is indeed quick – and effective.
6. This all sounds good – but is Cop-R-Quik affordable?
Absolutely. In fact, the cost per acre will get your attention if nothing else does.
Cop-R-Quik
Quick – Effective – Safe – Affordable
For more information on Cop-R-Quik, call
Griffin Fertilizer Company
Frostproof, FL
863-635-2281