Uses:

• Plants typically absorb bio-available silicon as a silicate – generally known as monosilicic or orthosilicic acid
• In the soil, Silica is generally abundant as mineral quartz and clays, but its abundance in soluble form (mono-silicic acid) is highly variable
• Plants take up silicon into their root and shoot tissue but it is not returned through shoot tissue, instead it is returned through biodegradation
• Silicon is deposited as silica in the plant cell walls, improving cell wall structural rigidity and strength, plant architecture and leaf erectness
• In plants Si can stimulate nutrient uptake and plant photosynthesis, decrease susceptibility to disease and insect damage, alleviate water and various mineral stresses and decrease the toxic effects of aluminium

Benefits:

• Silicon fertilisers can help alleviate abiotic stresses due to acidity, salinity and toxicities
• Silicon fertilisers can help reduce water loss and transpiration
  • Strengthens Plant Structure: Deposits silica in cell walls, improving rigidity and erectness.
  • Enhances Stress Tolerance
  • Improves Nutrient Uptake
  • Reduces Water Loss