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Moisturin™ Foliar Anti-Transpirant & Protective Plant Coating

Moisturin

Available in 1 and 5 gallon containers
Dilution rate is 10 ounces per gallon of water


  • Protects plants against drought, frost damage and adverse weather conditions.
  • Completely different chemistry than other similar products.
  • Doesn't burn plants, no danger of the phytotoxicity that can be a problem with other anti-dessicants/anti-transpirants.
  • University and field tests have shown it to be the most effective anti-dessicant/anti-transpirant.
  • Use as an environmentally friendly alternative to pesticides and fungicides.
  • Stops moisture loss during storage, shipping and transplanting.
  • Safe - Easy to use.

Moisturin is a dual-purpose clear liquid plant coating that forms a prophylactic shield on plants and significantly reduces plant stress due to water loss. This physical barrier also protects the plant against damage from a large variety of insects, disease, UV degradation, frost, windburn and acid rain. With a single application of Moisturin you create multiple benefits for your trees and plants. This is extremely cost effective for the landscaper and the reduction of toxic chemicals going into the soil or ground water is beneficial to the earth.


Our Customers Tell Us They Are Effectively Using Moisturin In The Following Ways;

  1. To protect newly installed plants from harsh, destructive winter winds. In November many of our customers will spray Moisturin on any plant they installed from mid- August on. These plants haven't had the time to establish a deep enough root system before the onset of winter, and are very prone to drying out during a long, harsh winter. Moisturin helps them retain moisture through the winter and therefore can reduce plant losses.
  2. To help protect sensitive broad-leaf evergreens from winterburn, and the sun scorch so common in our area during sunny, dry, windy winters.
  3. To protect plants from windburn - especially evergreen plants that face the most severe north-west winter winds.
  4. To protect plants that they have to over-winter above ground in their stockyards.
  5. To protect Blue Spruce from winter damage without turning the Spruce green like some other anti-transpirants will do.
  6. As an non-toxic insecticide or fungicide.
  7. To reduce water loss and extend needle retention in cut Christmas trees.

MOISTURIN AS AN ANTI-TRANSPIRANT

Anti-transpirants are compounds applied to plants to reduce water loss through leaves and stems.
Anti-desiccants - reduce water loss from plants; and are used to protect plants from winter damage, drought, wind burn, and transplant shock.

University and field tests have shown Moisturin to be the most effective of all anti-transpirants and anti-desiccants. Why is this? Moisturin anti-transpirant uses a completely different chemistry than typical foliar anti-transpirants.

Moisturin's patented formula contains a tough adhesive resin that has an extremely low vapor transmission rate. This resin allows Moisturin anti-transpirant to be used at any dilution with virtually no danger of plant phytotoxicity. Moisturin anti-transpirant is fortified with two high-grade surfactants, a UV inhibitor and a waterproofing agent to prevent the dried film from leeching off the plant surface. Moisturin anti-transpirant enhances plant appearance with a slight gloss coating and will not stick in sprayers like standard anti-transpirants.

Moisturin is extremely effective as a frost protector. As an anti-transpirant and anti-desiccant, Moisturin can be applied to dormant woody plants to reduce water loss during harvest, storage, shipping and re-planting. It improves the survival of trees and plants exposed to any type of stress, especially species that are sensitive to water-loss. Moisturin is effective for roses, cane-berries, fruit trees and ornamentals. It is especially effective for big-leaf evergreens during extreme cold conditions.

MOISTURIN AS A PROTECTIVE PLANT COATING

Spraying Moisturin on a plant is like wrapping the plant in a clear, strong membrane. Unlike chemicals that use active agents and toxicants to kill or repel, Moisturin offers a completely different type of safe passive mechanical plant protection. Moisturin actually forms a physical barrier on the plant surface to protect it against all types of damage. This is an entirely new concept in total plant protection and it comes with the additional benefits offered by the best of the foliar anti-transpirants. Moisturin's unique new approach to plant protection is not a cure-all but it does offer the option to protect plants in a gentler way. Moisturin will have no impact or negative effect on ground water or soil. It is completely safe and offers no hazard to the persons that handle it. TRY MOISTURIN AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUBSTITUTE FOR FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES.

MOISTURIN AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL INSECTICIDES & FUNGICIDES

Moisturin is a non-toxic, biodegradable coating that contains no active agent that controls, kills or repels insects, mites, bacteria and fungi. However, Moisturin does offer a unique mechanical type protection by forming a prophylactic like barrier on the plant surface. Many pathologists believe that the cuticle (waxy coating on the surface of the plants epidermis) protects plants from diseases, mites and insects. In essence Moisturin adds substantial strength and thickness to the cuticle by forming a more substantial barrier, without causing any detrimental side effects. Moisturin keeps water in and keeps nature out.