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Testimonials
Just a comment or two about your anti-desiccant product called Moisturin. We here in the grounds department at Whitworth University have had tremendous success with Moisturin. Although we have started using the product extensively, on all kinds of plants with very good results, I would like to share just two examples.
Without prior warning the Whitworth University grounds department was called upon to move three 20' tall green ash trees in a summer temperature of 95 plus degrees. We had one day to move the trees or they would have been cut down and destroyed. The trees were planted on a step grade and could not be spaded. These were truly some of the worst conditions to move large trees.
The trees were sprayed with Moisturin in the morning and dug in the afternoon. The trees were dug with a small track hoe and loaded into the back of a large truck. The trees were then off loaded in our small tree nursery were they laid on the ground for 5 hot days. The trees have since been staked and planted and have been in the ground for 6 weeks. The trees haven't lost one leaf … truly amazing.
The other example among many, concerns two (8" at dbh, 35 'tall ) Crimson King Norway Maples. This is another case in point when quick action was needed to save these beautiful trees. Construction crews were coming to the Whitworth campus to demolish some old buildings. With heavy equipment and futures plans for a new visual arts building and a parking lot, these trees would have been destroyed. The trees were sprayed with a heavy rate of Moisturin . The trees were moved the next day with a Big John Tree Spade in brutally hot temperatures. Unfortunately, we did lose a few branches and leaves, but it wasn't from drying out it was from the mechanically damage of the spade.
Thank you so much for a great product, we look forward to using your product in the years ahead.
Sincerely,
Janet Wright - Supervisor of Grounds &
Landscape Services
Whitworth University
Spokane, WA 99251
Will Mellott - Campus Arborist
Whitworth University
Spokane, WA 99251
Jim,
I have been using Moisturin for approximately 17 years as an anti-transparent. I spray all of our tissue culture in 2” band pots, just prior to transplanting.
This summer we sprayed Moisturin on October Glory softwood cuttings, just after applying a rooting hormone. The leaves were allowed to dry and then the flats were put in misting tents for 4 weeks. When we removed the flats for acclimation, the cuttings sprayed with Moisturin were very healthy with no losses.
This next year I will be treating all of our softwood cuttings with Moisturin prior to putting in misting tents.
Shawn Nerison
Surface Nursery
Jim,
I have been using Moisturin for approximately 17 years as an anti-transparent. I spray all of our tissue culture in 2î band pots, just prior to transplanting.
This summer we sprayed Moisturin on October Glory softwood cuttings, just after applying a rooting hormone. The leaves were allowed to dry and then the flats were put in misting tents for 4 weeks. When we removed the flats for acclimation, the cuttings sprayed with Moisturin were very healthy with no losses.
This next year I will be treating all of our softwood cuttings with Moisturin prior to putting in misting tents.
Shawn Nerison
Surface Nursery
Gresham, OR
Mr. Glessner,
I marked and sprayed 6 Rhododendrom plants at various locations in Bend, Oregon last October.
I marked and did not spray 6 other Rhododendrom plants
Our climate is really hard on all big leaf evergreens and conifers and I have been looking for a way to protect them against winter desiccation. Looks like I found it.
The plants on the left are representative of all the plants I treated with Moisturin.
The plants on the right are representative of all the plants that were not sprayed.
My customers and I are looking forward to next winter with Moisturin protections.
Many Thanks,
Doug Rohan, Contractor
4/4/07
Dear Mr. Glessner,
We are using the Moisturin to test its ability to reduce excessive evapotranspiration in Maize at selected stages of maize growth and development. We are using the principle that maize is very sensitive to moisture stress at certain critical stages of its growth, while during the vegetative development, it can withstand drought to some extent without affecting final yield. Thus by applying Moisturin at vegetative stages, the conserved soil moisture can be available during later stages when maize is at peak demand for moisture ie the critical stages. The rainfall characteristics in Kenya are such that, it comes at start of the season when farmers plant but disappear for 3-4 weeks when the crop is at its peak water requirement. The high ambient temperatures equally aggravate the situation in terms of increased atmospheric demand and therefore excessive evapotranspiration, both from soil and plant surfaces. In the end, crop failure occurs, and the vicious cycle of hunger and poverty repeats it-self every year. I have a strong belief that from previous tests with Moisturin, we can conserve enough water in the soil or improve crop-water relations to a favorable state to bridge the water demand at the critical stages and thus increase food production in the region. The Important thing is timing. The current crop is 7days old and will be foliar applying Moisturin in 13 days time.
Thanks,
Simon Muti Mbuvi
Pwani University College
Kilifi, Kenya
Africa
We are writing this letter in regards to our purchase of the product Moisturin from your company. We are a landscape contracting company and have been using and testing this product since the spring of 2006. We have found the materials in "Moisturin" have produced excellent results.
We are primarily a contracting company and have used the product for new plant material, on the job transplanting and plant material we hold in our inventory over the year for prospective customers. It also allows us to transplant on a year-round basis now, even in the summer when plantings are in full leaf. To date we have not lost a plant. We are also pleased when transplanting from our inventory to a job-site, our material has little to no visible wilting.
We will continue to purchase and use the Moisturin product for all our planting needs. We would also recommend this product to any of your other prospective buyers.
Richard L. Wewerka
Wewerka Construction Management Inc.
Landscape Contractors
5/23/07
We have been using Moisturin to assist our summer digging. We have found that at the recommended rates, applied the same day as harvest, deciduous material in full flush does not suffer at all. One week after digging the plants look perfect and customers have great success with transplanting.
We also sprayed Moisturin on our 4" potted liners before field planting in July and August with excellent results, the plants never missed a beat!
Andy Harding
Herman Losely & Son
Perry, Ohio 440512
12/12/06
Dear GSI Horticultural
Thank you for providing the best anti transpirant that we have ever
come across. It's so nice the best product is also the only one that has no
bad odors or vapors. You might tell your other customers we have had great
success using the Moisturin for killing bad insects, not with
poisoning. Thank you for a great product.
American Agriculture
Gregg Thompson
3/14/05
CARLTON PLANTS, DAYTON, OR.
From: Don Richards, Staff Horticulturist, Carlton Plants
"Moisturin has given our nursery the most favorable results of all the anti-desiccants we have tried in the past." "We are testing it's uses in areas such as propagation, summer transplanting, harvesting and storage and have been pleased with the results.
7/2006
Excerpt from University Article, American Nurseryman Magazine
For over half a century, researchers and nursery growers alike have been interested in the use of anti-transpirants and other film-forming compounds. Anti-transpirants are usually applied to the foliage and branches of trees and shrubs during summer digging - nearly always with mixed results. Waxing dormant roses and other shrubs also has been a longtime practice in the nursery industry.
Over the past decade, we have tested a variety of anti-transpirant and film-forming compounds - not all of which are marketed for bare-root use - on dormant deciduous bare-root trees. Using Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington hawthorn) as a test species, we found that film-forming anti-transpirants such as Wilt Pruf (Wiltpruf products, Greenwich, CT) and AntiStress 2000 (Polymer Ag Inc., Fresno, CA) were relatively ineffective - even at concentrated rates - when plants were exposed to extremely stressful desiccating conditions. Some of the waxes used in the fresh-fruit industry, such as Shield-Brite (Shield-Brite Corp., Kirkland, WA), were slightly more effective in reducing water loss and improving plant survival.
The most effective material tested was Moisturin (Glessner Sales Incorporated, Bend, OR, formerly Burke's Protective Coatings). Hawthorns plants sprayed with Moisturin before being stored in conditions that would normally kill a plant had a higher survival rate and a lower stem-dieback rate than those treated with other anti-transpirants. Field test in which Moisturin was applied to multi-stemmed Washington hawthorns have generally supported lab and greenhouse tests, but with greater variability.
Test photos - click to enlarge
PENINSULA NURSERIES, SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE
WE ARE A DECIDUOUS GROWER OF SHRUBS AND TREES. OFTEN DURING THE GROWING SEASON WE ARE REQUESTED TO DIG SPECIAL ORDERS FOR OUR DISTRIBUTION CUSTOMERS. IN USING THE MOISTURIN PRODUCT WE FOUND THAT THE SHRUBS WHEN DUG ARE LESS SUBJECT TO STRESS AND WILTING.
THE BEST EXPERIENCE WE HAD UNDER THE WORST CONDITIONS WERE THE PLANTS WE DUG FOR THE LATE JULY PLANTS TRADE SHOW. THE HEAT WAS UNBEARABLE AND WE APPLIED MOISTURIN A DAY BEFORE DIGGING. WE DUG TWO OF EVERY PLANT ASSUMING, THAT THERE WOULD BE LOSSES. TO OUR DELIGHT, WE DID NOT LOSE ONE PLANT AND THE PLANTS HELD UP FOR THE FOUR-DAY TRADE SHOW AND WE RECEIVED MANY FAVORABLE COMMENTS ON THE CONDITION OF THE PLANTS.
IN EARLY SEPTEMBER WE HAD TO SUPPLY A CUSTOMER WITH 85 CONURS ALBA SIBERICA WHICH WERE STILL GROWING ACTIVELY. DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY, WE WAITED AS LONG AS WE COULD TO DIG THE PLANTS BUT FINALLY WE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME. WE IRRIGATED THE BLOCK THE DAY BEFORE AND THEN SPRAYED THE PLANTS WITH MOISTURIN. WE DUG EARLY IN THE MORNING DURING TEMPERATURES OF NEARLY 80 DEGREES. THE PLANTS WERE TAKEN TO A SHADE AREA AND WATERED AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY THE CUSTOMER PICKED UP THE PLANTS, TOOK THEM DIRECTLY TO THE JOB SITE, PLANTED THEM AND HAD 100% LIVABILITY.
(DAVID W. DEVINE, PRESIDENT)
BORK NURSERIES, INC., ONARGA, IL.
Bork Nurseries, Inc. has 1300 acres of BB plant material, plus 30 acres of container stock, and I have tried the Moisturin for 3 weeks.
Two weeks in May I dipped bare root plants in the Moisturin then took them to the field to be planted. They are doing well (95% take in the field).
I also used it on shade tree digging and deciduous balled and burlap shrubs. Before dipping, I spray the plants, and then dig them. After digging, I take them to a shaded area, where they are watered, then loaded in a van truck, for deliveries the next morning. The plants arrive very fresh looking with no wilting in the 3 weeks that I have been using it.
I do believe Moisturin is the finest anti-desiccant out in the market today.
(Carl E. Bork)
CAPITAL PRESS (OSU)
AUGUST 28, 1992
NW PRODUCT THE "BEST THING SINCE MUD" TO NURSERY STOCK
Corvallis, OR - For nursery growers, a new product called Moisturin, developed by a North West firm and tested initially at Oregon State University may be the greatest invention since mud. Moisturin however is a new film coating that allows carbon dioxide and oxygen exchange, while simultaneously restricting water loss.Testing at OSU and other research centers has produced some remarkable results. "What we have found is that Moisturin-treated plants lose up to 80 percent less water than untreated plant materials" "The research has factored in desiccation stresses and tolerances, cold-hardiness and dormancy considerations. Comparison test with similar products on the market "have shown Moisturin to be a dramatic improvement" said Les Fuchigami.
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPT. OF HORTICULTURE
JULY 1993
We dipped filbert cuttings in various concentrations up to 50% Moisturin. There were five replicates with 12 cuttings each in treatment. All Moisturin treatments improved the percentage of cutting having both roots and buds, with the high concentration nearly doubling the percentage.
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