Testimonials and results

" SOBAC fell on me like hail. Alain, the salesrep, came down here like a tornado and presented the product to me. I told him about my specific problems with clay-loam soils with a high surface-sealing index. They are cold in winter; they find it difficult to warm up in the spring and they pack down a lot.

They were waterlogging soils with water all the time on the surface while kiwis need more aerated soils. I was also confronted with PSA (Pseudomonas Syringae Actinidae), a bacterium that grows on fragile trees.

There are no means of control other than copper. With four treatments per year, we contain the disease, but that’s it. We are not solving the problem. So, I wanted to restore vigour to my trees and Alain offered BACTÉRIOSOL which he presented as an amendment full of natural microorganisms that are there to revive life.

I have always done soil tests. I knew that all the elements were present but were blocked. I started by treating one hectare for two years. When I saw the results, I did not ask any more questions.

In the second year, where I used BACTÉRIOSOL, no kiwi plants were affected by PSA.

I am not saying it is the cure, but I am finding that the extra strength it brought helped fight PSA. 

In addition, in winter, I had no more water on the ground which had become more porous. The soil has regained its retention power and therefore in hot weather, I need much less water:

almost a third less watering.

After two years of testing, I changed all the kiwis to BACTÉRIOSOL and organic. On an orchard changed to BACTÉRIOSOL a year ago, the fruits are already much more homogeneous, it looks like they are calibrated on the tree.

In addition, I have noticed a marked improvement in cold storage conservation. And I no longer have a development of Botrytis, a mould that can do big damage. I work a lot in direct sales and all customers comment the flavour of my fruit.