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In this special series, Tom Johnson, owner of TJ BioTech, tackles questions about optimizing trunk-injection applications to treat HLB.
Q: Is there more to the purity of a trunk injection of ReMedium TI® than just the purity of the active ingredient?
Tom Johnson: The purity of a trunk injection is important to the overall performance of the active ingredient. Therefore, the water used to formulate ReMedium TI® also needs to be carefully considered.
Distilled or reverse osmosis water is the safest and best water source to ensure maximum therapeutic value of ReMedium TI®. Well water often contains a variety of minerals or other impurities that are not beneficial to the movement of the active ingredient within the trunk of the tree. Calcium compounds are very common in well water and can immediately precipitate when the pH of the water is adjusted to the label requirement of 1.8 to 2.0.
This precipitation not only has the potential to reduce the availability of the active ingredient, but it is also likely to slow or stop the intake of the injection. This reduced intake rate and/or volume would in turn hinder the vascular tissue of the tree to be able to mobilize the active ingredient of ReMedium TI®.
So, in short, the purity of the water in the injection formulation is equally as important as the purity of the active ingredient itself.
Tom Johnson is the owner of TJ BioTech, the manufacturer of ReMedium TI®. If you have a question about trunk injection, please send it to citrusindustry@agnetmedia.com.
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