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Joey

5 julio 2024

¡Cultivadores, conozcan Aptus Super Soil Mix! Diseñado para proporcionar un entorno óptimo para el crecimiento de las plantas, esta mezcla completamente orgánica garantiza que sus plantas prosperen con un perfil de nutrientes bien equilibrado. Y lo mejor de todo: ¡Todo lo que necesita hacer es regar! No se requieren nutrientes...

Control de pH facilitado con Aptus Substrate Buffer Solutions

Joey

3 abril 2024

En la jardinería, mantener el pH correcto en su medio de cultivo es clave para ayudar a sus plantas a alcanzar su máximo potencial. Ya sea que esté utilizando tierra o fibra de coco, las fluctuaciones en el pH pueden afectar la absorción de nutrientes de sus plantas, su salud...

Cultivando Éxito: Los Tres Reyes Revelados

Educación Selector de productos

Aptus Plant Tech

24 enero 2024

En la inmensidad del cuidado de las plantas, solo unos pocos reinan supremos. Hoy, corremos la cortina para revelar a Los Tres Reyes: Regulator, Topbooster y Startbooster, cada uno llevando el sello de excelencia de Aptus Plant Tech. Están aquí para convertir tu jardín en un reino botánico, ¡y eso...

¿Por Dónde Empezar? ¿Qué Necesito?

Aptus Plant Tech

5 mayo 2021

Con más de 20 productos entre los que elegir, puede ser desalentador comprar tu primer conjunto de productos Aptus, por qué ¿qué necesitas exactamente? En este blog, te mostraremos y explicaremos lo esencial de la línea de productos Aptus. Queremos alimentar a nuestras plantas con todo lo que necesitan, y más. Eso empieza...

Small Measurements: User Guide

Aptus Plant Tech

4 septiembre 2020

Aptus nutrients are highly concentrated. Because of that, we're saving the environment some plastics, we're saving you some back problems, and you're sure you're not paying for expensive tap water. However, when you only need a few liters of water, it can become challenging to accurately measure the nutrients you're...

¿Qué EC Debo Utilizar?

Aptus Plant Tech

17 julio 2020

Una de las preguntas más comunes que tienen los nuevos usuarios de Aptus es: ¿Qué valor de EC debo mantener en mi solución de nutrientes? Desafortunadamente, no hay una respuesta fácil aquí, ya que depende de muchas variables como el cultivo, el clima y la fase de crecimiento, ¡pero intentaremos...

Enzimas 101

Aptus Plant Tech

16 junio 2020

Las enzimas son agentes de cambio, catalizadores de reacciones bioquímicas. En el cuerpo humano, las enzimas están involucradas en la digestión (descomposición) de los alimentos en moléculas lo suficientemente pequeñas para que el cuerpo las absorba. Sin las enzimas, el cuerpo humano no sería capaz de absorber la cantidad adecuada...

El Factor Salud – pH

Aptus Plant Tech

11 mayo 2020

Todos sabemos que el pH es una medida importante para cualquier entrada de fertilizante. La mayoría de nosotros también sabemos que el pH del medio es un gran factor en la disponibilidad y absorción de nutrientes. Lo que sólo unos pocos entienden es la importancia del pH de la propia...

Factor De Calidad – Brix

Aptus Plant Tech

17 abril 2020

En nuestro último artículo, determinamos que las plantas en ocasiones solicitan ataques de plagas y patógenos. Habiendo establecido eso, la siguiente pregunta es: ¿Cómo hacemos que las plantas envíen las señales "buenas" y no las "malas" en un ambiente controlado? Ahí es donde entra en juego Brix! Dos indicadores tienen...

Las Señales De Las Plantas

Aptus Plant Tech

13 marzo 2020

Es la peor pesadilla de todo cultivador (pero demasiado común): revisar tu cosecha y descubrir que está infestada de plagas (o patógenos). La pulverización de pesticidas sólo funciona de forma curativa, por lo que un enfoque preventivo sería mejor. Para poder prevenir eficazmente los problemas antes de que surjan, es...

Interacciones De Nutrientes Y Antagonismo

Aptus Plant Tech

11 febrero 2020

Es muy importante entender como reaccionan ciertos nutrientes entre sí. Si no entiendes estas interacciones, puedes sobrealimentar con un nutriente específico en un intento de corregir una deficiencia. No todas las deficiencias son causadas por la falta de nutrientes. Por ejemplo, la deficiencia de calcio puede ser diagnosticada debido a...

Diagnosticando Problemas

Aptus Plant Tech

9 enero 2020

Saber identificar y solucionar los problemas de las plantas es una habilidad esencial tanto para los agricultores como para los jardineros. Pero, al final del día siempre es mejor prevenir los problemas mediante la comprensión de la causa subyacente. Cuando se proporcionan los nutrientes adecuados a la planta desde el...

Secuencia Bioquímica 101

Aptus Plant Tech

3 diciembre 2019

La agricultura tradicional opera mirando las plantas como si fueran máquinas. En Aptus tendemos a pensar un poco diferente. Creemos que debemos ver a las plantas como criaturas vivientes, como tú y yo. Las plantas poseen todos los sistemas biológicos fundamentales que tienen los humanos y los animales. Las plantas...

Microbios: ¿Escopeta O Fusil?

Aptus Plant Tech

5 noviembre 2019

Cada vez está más claro que una microvida rica es uno de los factores más importantes para el crecimiento saludable de las plantas. Los microbios realizan una montón de funciones diferentes en tu sustrato que van desde la conversión de nutrientes hasta la producción de bioestimulantes, la protección de la...

Fungone: User Guide

Aptus Plant Tech

15 octubre 2019

Fungone is a protected preventive foliar spray that decreases pathogen problems on leaves while increasing the plant's resistance to future attacks. It helps prevent fungal, bacterial and viral problems by cleaning the leaf and creating conditions that do not favor pathogen development. It prevents future infections by producing a...

Mycor Mix: User Guide

Aptus Plant Tech

7 octubre 2019

Mycor Mix contain fungal spores of various endomycorrhizal fungi. These special fungi have a symbiotic relationship with plants, which means they work together to make each other's lives better. The fungi fetches nutrients and water for the plant in exchange for exudates (sugars) from the plant. To effectively...

All-in-One Pellet: User Guide

Aptus Plant Tech

3 octubre 2019

Aptus All-in-one Pellet is a time-released 100% organic pellet fertilizer that provides complete nutrition for plant development for up to 3 months. Each application lasts 2-3 months and can be reapplies for longer cycles. It's specially formulated with macronutrients and micronutrients, amino acids and biostimulants to enhance plant...

Micromix Soil: User Guide

La verdadera ciencia vegetal

Aptus Plant Tech

9 septiembre 2019

Micromix Soil is a high quality bacterial inoculant that has been formulated in collaboration with top universities in Europe. The specific bacteria strains are combined with a specific seaweed variety, Lithothamnium.

Plants Are Like People!

Aptus Plant Tech

3 septiembre 2019

We have lost the relationship with plants as living creatures. Modern agriculture often views plants as machines that produce food.

Micromix Drip: User Guide

Aptus Plant Tech

2 septiembre 2019

During the production process of growing substrates all microlife is destroyed/sterilized so that no harmful elements remain. The problem with that approach is that the beneficial bacteria are also destroyed in the process, which makes the substrate more susceptible to pests and diseases. An active (beneficial) microlife is essential...

Alimentando Tu Agua

Aptus Plant Tech

6 agosto 2019

Equilibrar el pH en su tanque de nutrientes puede ser un desafío. A nadie le gusta ajustar el pH en su tanque varias veces al día, y todo ese ácido o base agregado tampoco está haciendo bien a sus plantas. ¡Ahí es donde entra el buen almacenamiento en búfer! ¿QUÉ...

Neem – El Pesticida Orgánico

Aptus Plant Tech

14 junio 2019

Neem, arbol de neem, lilac indio: todos estos son nombres diferentes para el mismo árbol, conocido como Azadirachta indica. Es nativo del subcontinente indio, pero se cultiva en todo el mundo en climas tropicales. ¿Qué es tan interesante sobre este árbol ? Bueno, ¡es la fuente de uno de los...

Midiendo El Ph Del Suelo

Aptus Plant Tech

5 junio 2019

En este artículo te mostraremos cómo tomar medidas del pH en tu suelo. Te preguntarás, ¿por qué necesito medir el pH en el suelo cuando ya lo mido en el agua que le doy a mis plantas? Bueno, tu suelo está vivo, y hay todo tipo de procesos que influyen...

PH Basics

Aptus Plant Tech

8 mayo 2019

The correct pH in is essential for optimizing your grow. You can measure pH in your substrate as well as in your nutrient solution. Some professional growers even as far as measuring the internal pH of plants with plant sap measurements! For the sake of this article we’ll start with...

Startbooster: Transplanting Dip

Aptus Plant Tech

1 mayo 2019

Transplanting is one of the most stressful moments for your plant. When it's not done right your plant will need some time to recover before growing any further. Most of us already know not to disturb our plants' roots when transplanting, so in this quick article we'll show you another...

Square foot gardening

Aptus Plant Tech

19 febrero 2019

Winter is the season of hot cocoa by the fireplace and preparing for the new growing season. While it's still early for gardening in open soil, it’s the perfect time to start building a square-foot-garden. The idea was conceived by Mel Bartholomew, who wrote the best selling gardening book: Square...

Micro-Vida Beneficiosa

Aptus Plant Tech

18 diciembre 2018

Una batalla por su jardín, invisible a simple vista, se está librando en su zona de raíces. Trillones de bichos microscópicos compiten brutalmente por el dominio. ¿Qué son? ¿Qué hacen? ¿Y por qué importa? Es posible que haya escuchado que un hospital es el mejor lugar para enfermarse, a pesar...

Grow Your Own: Sprouts

Aptus Plant Tech

4 diciembre 2018

Summer is over, and most of us have harvested all there was to harvest from our gardens. Of course we still need a steady supply of vitamins and minerals in our diet. Well, we have just the thing for you, because in this post we’re showing you how to grow...

To Mulch, or not to Mulch?

Aptus Plant Tech

6 noviembre 2018

In this post we’re giving you an introduction in the world of mulching. Mulch is basically any material that’s used as a soil covering. There’s a whole lot of organic and inorganic mulch materials available. Think of things like straw, grass clippings, wood chips, leaves, but also newspapers or just...

Silicio Y Ácido Silícico

Aptus Plant Tech

25 octubre 2018

¿En qué piensas cuando escuchas "Silicona"? ¿Son los implantes mamarios? Bueno, eso está lejos de ser el único uso del segundo elemento más abundante en la tierra. El silicio se encuentra en cosas como el vidrio, cemento, porcelana y electrónica. Y también se usa en fertilizantes agrícolas. El silicio se...

Common beginner mistakes

Aptus Plant Tech

3 octubre 2018

Making mistakes is a great tool for learning and everyone makes mistakes when they first start their own veggie patch. We wouldn’t want you to lose hope after an unsuccessful first season of growing, so we’ll tackle some of the most common beginner mistakes in this article. That way you...

L-Aminoacidos

Aptus Plant Tech

20 septiembre 2018

Todos hemos escuchado acerca de los aminoácidos, pero ¿qué son realmente? Sin ellos la vida en la tierra dejaría de existir. Desempeñan un papel esencial en diversas funciones críticas de plantas, animales y todos los demás organismos. Echaremos un vistazo al papel que juegan los aminoácidos en el desarrollo de...

Growing greens at school

Aptus Plant Tech

15 agosto 2018

With the summer holidays almost over, students and teachers of agricultural school CitaVerde in Heerlen (NL) are getting ready for a new schoolyear. Last year Aptus first collaborated with CitaVerde in the project Green Production. Two classrooms are turned into greenhouses, in which students learn how to grow their own food...

A New Greenhouse

La verdadera ciencia vegetal

Aptus Plant Tech

11 julio 2018

Some two months ago we started working together in the brand new greenhouse of Karel and Carla Crombach. Here you can see some beautiful results of a few weeks of love and attention, with a little help from Aptus All-in-One pellet, Regulator and Startbooster. Karel and Carla believe strongly in...

CitaVerde Update

Aptus Plant Tech

13 junio 2018

Time flies as our project ‘Green Production’ is almost looking at the end of the third and last semester of its primary year. CitaVerde College works together with Aptus Plant Tech to grow vegetables in the classrooms. We use very simple methods, but also innovative indoor growing systems and hydroponic...

Karel knows what he grows

Aptus Plant Tech

9 mayo 2018

Meet Karel Crombach. He and his wife Carla live in the south of the Netherlands, close to the Aptus headquarters. Considering their strong belief in the importance of good nutrition they do everything possible to optimize their health. One of the ways they do this is through growing their own...

Starting a veggie patch

Aptus Plant Tech

14 marzo 2018

Nothing is more fun than harvesting fresh vegetables from your own garden. And it’s quite easy! That’s why we listed the seven do’s when starting a vegetable garden: the most important steps to begin with, so you can start immediately. It doesn’t even have to be in spring time, but...

Aptus Family Projects

Aptus Plant Tech

13 marzo 2018

We’re looking forward to a new season of growing delicious vegetables and fruits with our Aptus family. We would like to share this video with you and introduce four of our green partners in constructing some beautiful testing gardens. Restaurant Aan Sjuuteeänjd Chef Jean Thoma making Aptus testing sections in...

Urban Gardening at School

Aptus Plant Tech

12 enero 2018

The project ‘Green Production’ at Citaverde College in Heerlen raises awareness on locally grown food. Aptus Plant Tech supports and educates in the classroom on growing their own food and important nutrients. Students do all the seeding and planting and learn about maintaining an urban garden by themselves. All aspects...

Superkale of the Sjuut

Familia APTUS Soluciones fáciles y ecológicas

Aptus Plant Tech

14 noviembre 2017

Jean Thoma grew some Aptus superkale in his urban garden. Chef and owner of organic restaurant Aan Sjuuteeänjd is enthusiastic: “This super-kale is delicious and weighs almost a kilo! The great thing is that with the lab results from Aptus we can see exactly how much more nutritional value there...

Some big testing results!

Aptus Plant Tech

12 septiembre 2017

It is harvesting season! Aptus Plant Tech collaborates with schools and owners of all kinds of urban gardens to create awareness on locally grown food. To prove our methods and products, all crops get analysed in official laboratories on nutritional value. We like to say: to eat healthy…the plants you...

Restaurant Bio Garden

Aptus Plant Tech

8 agosto 2017

For the second year in a row we are starting a testing garden at the most sustainable restaurant in the Netherlands; Restaurant Aan Sjuuteeänjd in Schinnen. This season owner and head chef Jean Thoma will show us how to transform our fresh veggies into starlike summer salades and other fingerlicking dishes....

Project Blauwdorp

Aptus Plant Tech

11 julio 2017

In the heart of Maastricht young people who have some temporary difficulties getting along in school, get a chance to develop themselves at Cooperation Blauwdorp. An important part of Cooperation Blauwdorp is the urban garden in the center square of the building. The youngsters get to rediscover their talents in real-life...

Guestblog OERMOES

Aptus Plant Tech

13 junio 2017

Hi! I'm Danielle den Hartog from Nieuwstadt (Limburg) in the Netherlands and in 2012 I started my own vegetable garden right next to our house on a small piece of land we could rent...

Project Herberg de Smidse

Familia APTUS La verdadera ciencia vegetal

Aptus Plant Tech

9 mayo 2017

Our new vegetable garden is situated in Epen, in the heart of South-Limburg, the Netherlands. Yvo Creuse is the chef of Herberg de Smidse and he came to us with the desire of serving his guests vegetables grown on his own ground. Space wasn’t the issue, but especially in the first...

Become a believer

Aptus Plant Tech

21 marzo 2017

Each season offers a wide range of produce made available by nature. Nowadays a lot of produce in supermarkets is available all year round, which makes it easy to lose track of seasonality. Kids often don’t know better than eating strawberries year round. When we become more aware of the...

The Power of Regulator

Aptus Plant Tech

13 diciembre 2016

Check out our poster about the strength and impact of Aptus Regulator: the only real and patented monosilicic acid on the market. This poster will be spread all across the globe in 6 different languages in our quest to raise awareness about sustainable agriculture and the importance of strong plants...

Tasting Test With Children

Aptus Plant Tech

30 noviembre 2016

To create awareness about the importance of local food, Aptus Plant Tech organized tasting lessons for children together with Coöperatie Blauwdorp and Stichting LEFteam in Maastricht (NL). In this video kids of primary schools El Habib Maastricht and Bs. Het Mozaïk learn about the tasty way towards a healthy future. Like our Facebook-page...

Star Dish Recipes

Aptus Plant Tech

18 octubre 2016

Jean Thoma is chef and owner of restaurant Aan Sjuuteeänjd in Schinnen (NL). He works exclusively with bio-veg and forgotten vegetables from his urban garden. Today he is harvesting Swiss chard for tonight’s new dish. During the summer he also works with edible flowers. Together with Aptus Plant Tech we...

Team Aptus in Sweat

La verdadera ciencia vegetal

Aptus Plant Tech

16 octubre 2016

Team Aptus participated with over 20 sporty friends at RoermondStormt in the Netherlands, the first edition of a big obstacle race across the center of Roermond on sunday the 25th of september. We made this video to remember 2016 and we allready signed up for 2017! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXer9DTDZ10

Problems with Modern Agro

Aptus Plant Tech

5 agosto 2016

To enhance growth and protect crops against pests and diseases, the use of chemical NPK fertilizers and pesticides has become commonplace in modern agriculture. This has resulted in the disappearance of soil micro-organisms, the exhaustion of carbon from the soil, the disappearance of essential micro-elements (silicon, selenium), soil acidification and...

Aptus All-in-One Liquid

Aptus Plant Tech

13 julio 2016

All-in-One Liquid is a 100% mineral based fertilizer suited for all mediums and systems. It can be used from the vegetative phase all the way through to flowering/maturation phase. The unique manufacturing process makes All-in-One Liquid less sensitive to pH-variations and therefore applicable in a wide pH-range. It contains essential...

Deficiency Poster

Aptus Plant Tech

1 julio 2016

This poster gives you valuable information about possible plant deficiencies and how to solve them. It is very important to understand how certain nutrients react with each other. They can react in a synergetic way or in an antagonistic way. If you don’t understand these interactions, you may over-supplement with...

Mixing Nutrients

Aptus Plant Tech

24 mayo 2016

This video shows you exactly how to properly mix Aptus nutrients to let your plants reach their full potential and ultimately maximize your yield. The most important lesson in this video: Always add Regulator first! You can find detailed mixing instructions in various videos on our YouTube channel, which you can...

No Life Without Enzymes

Aptus Plant Tech

24 mayo 2016

Every living creature needs enzymes. Enzymes are indispensable for many important bio-chemical processes in our body. Plants also rely on enzymes to function as a catalyst for bio-chemical reactions that are involved in mineralisation, plant defence and interaction with the growing medium. Without the many types of natural enzymes, plant...

Project Blauwdorp Grow

Aptus Plant Tech

21 marzo 2016

Cooperation Blauwdorp is an urban farm in the heart of Maastricht. The project is run by young people who have temporarily difficulties getting along in school. The youngsters get to rediscover their talents in a realistic educational environment. With the help of Aptus they have started an urban farming project...

The Power of pH

Aptus Plant Tech

3 marzo 2016

Every grower knows pH is an important measurement for any fertilizer input. And most growers have instruments to measure their feed solution. Most also know that the pH of the medium is a big factor in the availability and absorption of nutrients. What fewer growers understand is the importance of...

No Magic Potions

Aptus Plant Tech

9 febrero 2016

The Aptus approach is the natural way. We provide quality uniform products and education that enhance the growers’ production and cultivation. Our approach is based on preventive methodology for plant, pest and environmental problems. In short: avoiding problems before they become problems. We fully respect the rules of nature and...

Optimizing Plant Nutrition

Aptus Plant Tech

4 febrero 2016

Aptus cooperates with top agriculture universities and research facilities to find the precise balance and composition of nutrients, bio-stimulants and beneficial microbes. This way Aptus has created its nutrients to work together in a synergistic way. Mixing and matching with other brands often breaks the synergistic effect and create nutrition...

Ambassador of Local Food

Aptus Plant Tech

1 febrero 2016

Buying local food has enormous benefits over mass produced food, often manufactured as cheap as possible by companies not that are not very interested in health, but in profits. Consuming local products is not only better for the quality of your food but it has also less impact on the environment...

Aptus improves shelf-life

La verdadera ciencia vegetal Soluciones fáciles y ecológicas

Aptus Plant Tech

26 enero 2016

Most producers of apples and pears know that calcium deficiencies cause problems like spots on fruits and bad conservation. What growers often not know is when to start applying calcium, what source of calcium to use in what dosage and how to apply it. Good advice in the use of...

Perfect Products to Start

Aptus Plant Tech

22 enero 2016

Regulator increases the availability, mobility, and uptake of nutrients. It also benefits plants by depositing silicon in cell walls, increasing stress resistance, stimulating immune response and creating more dry weight. The mono silicic acid in Regulator is the only form of silicon that is bioavailable and works effective, independently...

Aptus – Easy & Low-cost

Aptus Plant Tech

22 enero 2016

All Aptus nutrients are extremely concentrated. We don't add any water to dilute the active ingredients. Instead of using water like many other companies, we formulate our active ingredients in bio-stimulants like humic-, fulvic- and amino-acids. This means every drop contains 100% active material that plants can use as building...

Aptus supports IVN Schinnen

Aptus Plant Tech

5 enero 2016

IVN is a Dutch national organisation that has a clear objective: a sustainable society. They aim to achieve this by letting young and old get in touch with nature and let them realize the true value of mother nature. They organize workshops, excursions, walks through the country, exhibitions, courses, educational...

Plantas Y Nitratos

Aptus Plant Tech

8 diciembre 2015

El nitrato es un ion poliatómico que puede ser tóxico para los humanos en grandes cantidades ya que el cuerpo humano puede transformar los nitratos en nitritos. El nitrito es peligroso para nuestra salud, por lo tanto, cuanto menor sea nuestra ingesta de nitrato, mejor será para nuestra salud. Con...

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