At AEA we are committed to sharing the newest information and ideas in regenerative agriculture with our growers, through webinars, podcasts, and, particularly, the new Regen Ag Academy. In this webinar, John presents an in-depth outline for learning how to get the most out of your foliar sprays. Watch to learn about: • How foliar applications can increase crop and soil health over time • How to develop synergistic product stacks for optimal performance • How to manage water quality and which properties of water matter most • What qualities of solutions are important to measure and how to manage them, such as pH, EC, and point of deliquescence The information that will be provided in this webinar is a sample of the information that is available in the Regen Ag Academy. John developed the in-depth courses in this academy for growers who want to learn how to work with regenerative and economically sustainable methods for a greater bottom line. See the full video here: https://youtu.be/JWvLjSpHAKs

1. Love and Gratitude
Education from the Regen Ag Academy:
How to Design Foliar Sprays
Foliars as a System

2. Love and Gratitude
To Accelerate Regenerative Agriculture, Use Foliars
to Increase Baseline Brix Readings Over Time
-A well-designed foliar will spike brix levels in the plant
-As the plant gains vitality over time, the spike in brix is retained longer
-Repeated foliar applications increase baseline brix levels to the point of
sustainability
-The brix drop from the peak can occur as rapidly as 3 days or as long as 6 weeks
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12
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Brix
Time

3. Testing Foliar
Performance
Prior to a widespread application of
a foliar spray, check the
performance of the tank mix by
applying on a small test plot and
testing for a brix level spike 2-4
hours later.
Use Sap Analysis before and
after application to measure
plant nutritional integrity.

4. Designing a Tank Mix
-clean water
-spreader/sticker/surfactant
-plant nutrients
-plant biostimulant (ex. seaweed)
-microbial biostimulant (ex. fulvic acid)
-microbial inoculant (ex. Micro 5000)
Every foliar application should
contain:

5. Tank Mixing Sequence
1.clean water
2.pesticides
3.plant nutrients
4.plant biostimulants
5.microbial biostimulants
6.microbial inoculant
7. spreader/sticker/surfactant
Use proper mixing sequence to
get the greatest response from
biostimulants and microbials.

6. What is Clean Water?
Clean water contains less
than 70 ppm (5 grains) total
hardness. Bicarbonates and
carbonates are the primary
concern.
Water with greater than
150 ppm (10 grains) total
hardness can reduce
product performance as
much as 70%.
ANY PRODUCT.

7. -Rain water
-Reverse Osmosis Water
-Tested Clean Water
Clean Water Sources

8. Water Sources
That Don’t Work
-Softened water
-Filtered water
-Pond or stream water
-City water
-Chemically acidified water

9. Synergistic Stacks
Plant Nutrition

10. Synergistic Stacks
Plant Nutrition
Plant Biostimulant

11. Synergistic Stacks
Plant Nutrition
Plant Biostimulant
Microbial Biostimulant

12. Synergistic Stacks
Plant Nutrition
Plant Biostimulant
Microbial Biostimulant
Fungal Inoculant

13. Synergistic Stacks
Plant Nutrition
Plant Biostimulant
Microbial Biostimulant
Fungal Inoculant
Bacterial Inoculant

14. Foliar Solution
Characteristics
The ideal pH for
optimal nutrient
absorption is from
5.2 to 6.4
#1: pH

15. When foliar applications
are applied every 10-14
days, optimal EC range is
below 3800.
When foliar applications
are applied every 30-40
days, EC range is not a
concern.
Foliar Solution
Characteristics
#2: EC

16. Spray solutions should
contain small amounts of a
material with a high point
of deliquescence such as
Sea Crop, magnesium
chloride, potassium
nitrate, or calcium nitrate.
Foliar Solution
Characteristics
#3: Point of
Deliquescence

17. Optimal Timing
Do Not Apply:
-During rainfall
-While there is heavy dew
-When leaf surfaces temperature
exceeds 78 F
Apply foliar applications in the
evening or early morning.

18. Product Coefficient of Performance
- Unhealthy plants = strong product
performance
- More product is required
- Response is short-lived
- Requires more frequent repeat applications
Product
CoP
Plant
performance
- Healthy plants = exceptional product
performance
- Less product is required
- Response is sustained longer
- Requires fewer applications

19. Biostimulants perform best when plants
are supported with proper nutrition

20. Love and Gratitude
Plant Secondary Metabolites
Inverse Bell Curve
PSMs
Plant
biomass
1. Plants stressed from water/N/P deprivation = low biomass/elevated PSMs
2. Remove stress from water/N/P deprivation = high biomass/low PSMs
3. Increase nutritional integrity/photosynthesis = high biomass/yields, highest PSMs

21. Learn more in these top-rated courses
on the Regen Ag Academy: