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Release Archives: 09/27/2005
Itronics GOLD'n GRO Liquid Fertilizer Produces
Significant Increase in Output of Green Peppers, a $500
Million Crop Nationwide
RENO, Nevada, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Itronics Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ITRO; Frankfurt and
Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG) reported today that its
subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc. obtained
positive results from two GOLD'n GRO fertilizer field
trials on green peppers in California. One field trial
produced a 25 percent increase in the number of peppers
per plant and improved uniformity of the peppers. The
second trial produced a 16 percent increase in measured
yield.
"These results continue to show the improvements that
result from the use of the GOLD'n GRO chelated liquid
micronutrient and specialty fertilizers," said Dr. John
Whitney, Itronics President.
The tests were conducted on two fields at different
grower locations on the California coast, the first in
the San Luis Obispo area, and the second in the Salinas
area. The trial in the San Luis Obispo area used a
foliar spray of GOLD'n GRO 8-8-8+4%S and the other trial
used GOLD'n GRO 4-0-9+6.6S base liquid plus GOLD'n GRO
9-0-2+3%Zn microblend at a 4 to 1 rate. In the first
trial the GOLD'n GRO was spray applied on a portion of a
field fertilized with the grower's normal fertilization
program. In the second trial three GOLD'n GRO
applications were made through the drip irrigation to
one half of the field. The other half of the field was
fertilized with the grower's normal fertilization
program.
"The economics of using GOLD'n GRO are attractive," Dr.
Whitney said. "The per acre increase in crop value in
the San Luis Obispo field trial was about 70 times the
cost of the fertilizer. In the Salinas field trial the
per acre increase in crop value was about 50 times the
cost of the fertilizer. The second trial was on a field
that had rocky clay soil and is a demonstration of our
new 4 plus 1 program, which uses the GOLD'n GRO 4-0-9 +
6.6S Base Liquid to improve the availability of mineral
nutrients to the crop."
California is one of the largest producers of fresh
green peppers, with about 25,000 acres in production.
Nationally, there are approximately 65,000 acres of
green peppers and the value of the crop exceeds $500
million, or $7,700 per acre, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
About Itronics
Itronics, through its subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., is the only company in the world
with a "Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water
Recycling" facility that extracts more than 99 percent
of the silver and virtually all the other toxic heavy
metals from used photoliquids and converts the resulting
liquids into environmentally beneficial, chelated liquid
micronutrient and specialty fertilizers sold under the
GOLD'n GRO trademark, and 5 troy ounce, 0.999 pure,
Silver Nevada Miner numismatic bars. The environmentally
friendly liquid fertilizers can be used for lawns and
houseplants, and are available, along with GOLD'n GRO
liquid fertilizer injectors, at the Company's "e-store"
catalog at http://goldngro.com . The popular Silver
Nevada Miner bars are available at the Company's
"e-store" catalog at http://www.itromet.com .
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a
"Creative Environmental Technology" company and a world
technology leader in photochemical recycling. The
Company also provides project planning and technical
services to the mining industry and operates the global
Internet Information Portal, http://www.insidemetals.com
. Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President, was selected as
Nevada's Inventor of the Year for 2000 and is a member
of the Inventor's Hall of Fame at the University of
Nevada, Reno. Itronics was one of five finalists for the
2001 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Award, the most
prestigious worldwide award in chemical engineering
technologies.
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