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Nutricote

The Finest Controlled Release Fertilizer: NUTRICOTE™

Florikan is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Nutricote® Controlled Release Fertilizer in the Southeastern U.S and the largest reseller in North America.  Florikan operates a fertilizer blending facility where Nutricote® is blended to release in various stages and with other controlled release components to customize Nutricote’s® performance around the environmental and cultural conditions that a nurseryman or greenhouse grower faces.

Nutricote® is known throughout the horticultural industry as a proven, dependable, growers’ problem-solver.  Nutricote® is manufactured by coating nitrate compound NPK homogenous fertilizers with a special resin. The duration of releasing nutrients is controlled by the composition of the resin and the quantity of a special "chemical release agent" added to the resin. The special release agent create the most uniform and dependable release of any CRF in the world.  
 
The composition of Nutricote's® resin, and the release controlling agent added to it, produce molecular passageways in the coated resin in a maze-like structure. When Nutricote® is applied to the soil, the water in the soil enters the granule through the passageways and dissolves the nutrients. The nutrient solution will then be released steadily through the same passageways.
 
Other slow release fertilizers depend on the thickness of their resin coating to control the release period. This results in a wide variation in particle size and a dependence on the physical properties of the granule for consistent release. It limits the range of release periods available and also contributes significantly to the weight and cost of the product.  Only the amount of the special release agent in Nutricote's® resin coating varies according to the required period of release.
 
Nutrient supply through Nutricote® nicely matches the physiology of plant response to temperature. The release rate of Nutricote® is not significantly influenced by soil moisture levels. This release is also unaffected by soil type or soil pH and Nutricote® does not depend upon microbiological decomposition for its action.
 
Nutricote® is most acclaimed for its ability to outperform any other products in extreme weather conditions. During hot, humid, and wet environmental conditions the product maintains its release characteristics and will not “flash release” or dump its nutrients during stress conditions.

 

Likewise, during cool periods Nutricote® will slow its release pattern and go “dormant” to mimic the growth pattern of a plant through their slower growing season.