Root Shield

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

Last year I lost all of my tomato to fusarium wilt within 14 days of planting. This year I planted again in late February and all my tomato plants are now robust, full of buds, and some have baby tomatoes. Rootshield isn't making my plants grow faster.... it is just protecting them so that they can grow. I plan to use rootshield on my periwinkles which seem to have this wilt problem too.

I'm hoping that the beneficial fungus protecting the tomato roots will survive the heat and water drenched climate here when summer finally arrives. The instructions with the rootshield product indicate that the beneficial fungus may survive and multiply for the next year (I'm not sure if it depends on the climate of your area). Since I have limited garden and potting space, I have to plant in the same areas each year. I will use Rootshield, again, next year just to be sure.

Regarding the "mess" of preparation: I used a clean plastic gallon milk/water jug. I added a little bit of water in the jug first (one or two cups of water). Then I added the rootshield powder and swished the water around in the jug to mix thoroughly. The small opening of the jug (and small amount of added water) keeps everything contained in the jug (better still if you have the plastic top to the jug). Then I added more water, then swished until I had filled the gallon jug. Not too much mess. When I planted my tomatoes, I poured some mixture into the hole with the transplanted tomato, and then topped it off after I covered the tomato with soil. I tend to use these gallon jugs for easy measuring of garden fertilizers, etc. since most everything gives you instructions for "gallon" measurements. When the jug becomes cracked I just rinse and recycle.

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

I have used it many years

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

I used Root Shield on tomatoes planted in very large sterilized pots. Sterilized organic potting soil was used in the pots. Tomato plants show none of the fungus problems I've seen in the previous few years. Plants are vigorous and yield is developing very well.

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

May help the plants bring back to healthy life. I used it onto the garden vegetable plants for some. It is messy to mix with. It might not be able to help the plants give it a immediate boost of treatment.

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

I'm growing vegatables for home use. By this time of the year there is frequently fungus in my garden because we have very wet summers. This summer has been especially conducive to fungal growth-raining almost every day with hot and humid weather between showers. But so far I haven't seen any evidence of fungal growth. I'm hoping it will continue to work until the harvest is over. If it works, I'll try to get it next year too--the price is cheap enough to be affordable.

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

light gardener

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

Seemed to work well last year. Too early to tell for this year. The tomatoes are just now setting blossoms and have the summer ahead of them.

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

Due to limited space, I must plant my tomatoes in the same place each year. I used Root Shield for the first time last year and was spared the devasting fungal diseases that all my neighbors experienced. I immersed each seedling in the solution before planting and then used it as a foliar solution for the rest of the season (mostly after rains).

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

I used this product last year on my tomatoes. The plants lasted much longer before they developed fungus and died. So far this is the only product I have found that added life to my tomatoes.

Comments about Root Shield, 4 Oz.:

Root shield allows me to grow healthier tomato plants year after year in a garden with limited space.
It has made all the difference in keeping my tomato plants disease free longer through the growing season. I use it on my seedlings and again when I set plants in the garden.