Novel use for Ti0214 Mar 2025 23:25
Looks like I will be using Ti02 on my pea crops this spring! - v interesting and potentially a huge new market
How we'll be using R-Leaf during the 2025 season
During the 2023 and 2024 seasons, we trialled the use of R-Leaf, a disruptive technology that captures atmospheric pollutants known as nitrous oxide (N2O, NO, NO2) and converts them to nitrates, or plant feed.
A liquid formulation of titanium dioxide, zinc, molybdenum and manganese, it's prepared into a suspension concentrate solution that's sprayed onto the crop twice; once when four nodes have developed and again during flowering. When the NOx pollutants are broken down to nitrate, which is absorbed by the plants as feed, it results in reduced air pollution and increased crop yield.
The trials that we've conducted over the last two years have focused on two-hectare blocks of land. In 2023, we carried out two trials, which resulted in a 22.3% increase in yield. The 17 trial sites that we used in 2024 delivered an astonishing 39% increase in yield, with one grower reporting that 'there were more peas in R-Leaf than they knew what to do with'!
On average, pea plants treated with R-Leaf produced 68 pods, compared to just 49 for those left untreated. As well as significantly boosting yield, another key benefit of R-Leaf is the removal of nitrous oxide from the atmosphere.
On the back of these successful results, we'll be using a product called NOx To Nitrate, which is a duplicate formulation of R-Leaf produced by the same supplier, in 2025, concentrating on our Lime Area, where we're aiming for a 10% increase in yield.
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