Objective

Safe-Start improves productivity on an

already well-understood and old
technology, and there is no other means
for a comparable result.
Features:

Improved safening, plus.

Improved yields,
Diversification of results, from a
Safe, non-toxic, natural product.

Customer Requirements
Moreover herbicide
safety, Safe Start
improves productivity
and tolerance to
environmental stress:

Herbicide toxicity
Salt stress
Wilt stress
Diseases
Low fertility (Nitrogen)
Minor nutrient
deficiencies

SafeStart

Charcoal
Improved
Herbicide
Safety

Dealer

Meeting the Needs

Safe-Start improves herbicide safety to reduce liability while
improving productivity for your customer.
Because Safe-Start has limited distribution your including it
in a program adds additional reasons for your grower to do
business with you while maintaining or increasing market
share.
Loyalty to
dealer

Mix
of
Margins

Improved
Productivity

Value to Customer

Herbicide Safety

Herbicide Safety

Grower

Dealer

2000 Greenhouse testing

Stand vs. safener to diuron ratio
100
90

Perennial Ryegrass Stand (%)

80
70
60
50
40
30
20

Activated carbon (100%)

4.0 lb/gal (47.3%)
2.5 lb/gal (29.6%)

10

2.0 lb/gal (23.6%)

1.0 lb/gal (11.8%)

0
0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Safener to diuron ratio to Safe-Start at 8.46 lb/gal]

1000

1100

1200

1300

2000 Greenhouse testing

July 25 stand data - adjusted by apparent safening factor

Perennial ryegrass stand as % of seedlings emerged July 11

120

100

80

60

40

Carbon
342 Factor 0.4
20

150 + 60
Carbon only
Carbon & Lot 342

0
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Ratio safener to diuron (adjusted for lbs carbon equiv. per gal Safe-Start)

110

120

130

2001 Field Testing

Safe-Start Safening over Carbon only
LSD

3.16

Diuron1.6/Kerb.25
Diuron 3.2
Diuron 2.4

-3.38

Prowl 1 lb.
-4

Probability = 92%

-2

Stand Reduction/Increase

Mean of all pesticide

treatments
Carbon allows
an 8.56% reduction in stand
count on average.
Higher rates of Safe-Start increase stand
while lower rates of Safe-Start slightly
decrease stand. However, not statistically
significant, and not to a greater extent than
Mean of field testing
carbon.
LSD
Carbon
Carbon/SafeStart 9.6gpa
Carbon/SafeStart 4.8gpa
-1

Increase/Decrease in stand

Field Testing
Setnicker Farms - Jan 12, 2001
2

Safe-Start 20 gpa
+(7-7-0-6%C) 20 gpa

Control = (7-7-06%C) 40 gpa

75.0%

80.0%

85.0%

90.0%

Stand

Setnicker Farms - April 9, 2001

2

Control = (7-7-06%C) 40 gpa

Safe-Start 20 gpa
+(7-7-0-6%C) 20 gpa

80.00%

85.00%

90.00%

Stand

95.00%

Cost Analysis
Safe-Start replaces one half of Charcoal
and costs the same.

Equal Safening = Equal Cost

$20.00
$15.00
$/A $10.00
$5.00
$0.00

Charcoal
Safe-Start
Standard

Improved

Productivity

Key Benefits
Additional safety and spread of
liability
Improved productivity
Diversification of results
Limited distribution
A new reason to talk about a very
old technology.