CARBOGEN – or how to wake up the microbe

Our Company has been the exclusive representative of LG Italia in Poland for some time. It is a reputable Italian manufacturer operating in the agro industry, among others. The company supplies our market with microbiological products designed to improve the performance of crop production, including on horticultural farms, nurseries, or soft fruit plantations. Proposed solutions include a range of high-quality formulations containing the full spectrum of microorganisms, from endomycorrhizal fungi to soil bacteria to a suite of Trichoderma species. LG Italia’s products also include consortia for protection against soilborne diseases, parasites and pests.

Most readers repeatedly encounter these types of products and often ask themselves: so what? What is different here?

Well, in the case of LG Italia products, their technology and concept completely breaks the standards.

Sleeping royals…

Beneficial organisms have been known since at least the late 19th century, and awareness of their occurrence and function is widespread. Isolating them from natural environments and multiplying them, as well as testing individual strains, is also common. However, this is only half the story. The way forward is difficult ? the microorganisms must be carried out into storage- and transport-resistant spore forms, introduced in appropriate quantities into suspensions and transport containers (bottles), and then allowed to wake up effectively. This last phase is crucial.

It’s not going to be fast, it’s going to be good….

The wake-up process proposed by LG Italia is unique and probably not repeated by any manufacturer. I will write frankly that for me, as a biologist very logical and supported by biological theory and ?… kitchen practice. Before using most of LG Italia’s products, they must be activated by moving them into the BIOLOGICAL SETTING phase. The preparations are mixed with the CARBOGEN in the ratio of 1:1, then we add about 8-10 parts of water and such a mixture is incubated at a temperature of about ^20oCfor no more than 12 hours. After that, we add water to the desired volume of the working liquid (e.g. for watering, soaking, spraying) and apply.

Suggested product CARBOGEN is a yeast extract containing properly formulated carbon compounds, amino acids, sugars, vitamins and trace elements. It is a kind of excellent nutrient for awakening microbes. Incubation CARBOGEN in the environment causes awakening, strengthening and rapid multiplication of microorganisms. Introduced in this form to the substrate, healthy and nourished, they begin their vital mission in the first hours.

Isn’t it similar to the preparation of yeast dough? Has anyone ever added yeast straight to the flour and kneaded, or do we rather make a leavening with sugar, incubate and only such a bubbling mass is poured into the flour and the rest of the ingredients? Think about it yourselves!

Dr. Sebastian Żmudzki