TwinN is a milestone in bio-fertilisers.

TwinN is a reliable, cost effective selection of high yielding nitrogen fixing microbes for use as a soil improver in all crops, leguminous and non-leguminous. TwinN is a freezedried biological alternative to traditional nitrogenous fertilisers. TwinN delivers consistently very high numbers of functional microbes to your crop. The freeze drying process also enables the product to be transported and applied very cost effectively.

TwinN is designed for use in combination with conventional cropping practices where it enables large reductions in the need for chemical nitrogen fertilizers. It is also used in fully organic cropping systems where it has proven to be an effective source of nitrogen.

TwinN provides a combination of selected microbial species (Diazotrophs) that act synergistically to increase crop yield by supplying nitrogen and plant growth factors (PGFs). The freeze-dried microbes are revived in the rehydration solution supplied and then mixed into a larger volume of water for application to the crop by spraying onto the foliage, or application to the roots by irrigation. TwinN is a very concentrated preparation and provides huge numbers of beneficial microbes.

TwinN microbes locate to two main sites of action after application to the crop. A proportion live (as ‘endophytes’) within the plant leaves, stem and roots where they multiply and supply nitrogen and other growth factors to the plant. A second population becomes established in the ‘rhizoshphere’, the zone very close to the surface of the roots and root hairs. These also supply nitrogen and plant growth factors. The dual sites of action, as endophytes and in the root zone, enable a high nitrogen fixing capacity – hence ‘TwinN’.

In addition to providing nitrogen, the plant growth factors drive improved root growth so TwinN treated plants capture any additional nitrogen much more effectively. This reduces the losses of nitrogen fertiliser which is poorly held by soil particles and assists in enabling maintenance of high yields with reduced nitrogen fertiliser application. The microbes also act to increase the availability of other soil nutrients such as phosphorous that are often present but not available for use by the crop.

The spiralling costs of urea and other chemical nitrogen sources means that using TwinN effectively reduces or eliminates the need for these fertilisers in a wide variety of cropping systems.

The benefits of using TwinN are many.

TwinN increases yield, or enables equivalent yield with reduced fertiliser costs.

Increases quality, size and value of produce.

Better root growth.
TwinN microbes produce substances that induce faster, more extensive root growth and better utilization of available water and nutrients.

Increased resilience to lodging and better tolerance of drought stress.