Plant & Soil Health

The Common Approach to Eliminating Plant Diseases

Most plant diseases are contracted from the soil. By the time they are visible, they are liable to be transmitted through the air.

The common approach to eliminate plant diseases is the use of harmful pesticides, fungicides and fumigants. The quantities used of these materials are continually growing. However, not only are these methods not worth the price we pay, that fact remains that the diseases are winning the battle. In our efforts to kill damaging elements, we are filling our soil with harmful chemicals and destroying the soil’s fragile ecosystem.

As a result, crop yields fall and we experience soil problems. In addition, groundwater is contaminated and the levels of chemicals in our food pose a health risk. Since we came from the earth, and this is our main source of sustenance, this should also be our first object of concern. Healthy soil produces healthy crops, which in turn lead to healthy people and animals. Unhealthy or depleted soil is unable to provide us with healthy crops.

The worsening health of humans is intricately connected with unhealthy and depleted soil. The use of chemicals only hastens the worsening of the soil and threatens the health of humans whose lives depend on it.

Healthy plants, just like healthy humans, are less susceptible to disease. We could reduce our dependence on petrochemicals, but at present this is not happening. The problems facing us may be complicated, but that does not mean the solution has to be complicated and expensive. At VGI, we have learned that humans can live without petrochemicals, yet with greater abundance than we dared to dream…

VGI not only believes in this, but also works towards this. VGI aims to improve quality of life and the environment while maintaining the correct ecological balance by taking an active part in the development, application and advance of organic fertilizer and thus facilitate clean agriculture that does not harm the soil, water or environmental quality.

Changing Agricultural Methods

As an increasing number of people understand the importance of safeguarding the environment and reducing the costs of input, agriculture is changing, moving towards the use of small quantities of natural substances based on plant ingredients.

The use of effective methods to produce large quantities of high quality fruit and vegetables is the key to prosperity. Expensive pesticides, fungicides and herbicides and large quantities of chemical fertilizers destroy the soil’s natural productivity, damage the soil’s food webs, and, finally, decrease yield and crop quality. Damage to the environment and health, possible legal suits and reduced future soil fertility – all this is the price we pay for using conventional chemicals.

For many years, VGI has been developing ideas in cooperation with the world’s leading experts and laboratories, and today produces liquid organic fertilizers that consist of only natural ingredients and make use of enzyme activity while avoiding chemical reactions entirely.

For many years, VGI has been developing ideas in cooperation with the world’s leading experts and laboratories, and today produces liquid organic fertilizers that consist of only natural ingredients and make use of enzyme activity while avoiding chemical reactions entirely.

Nurturing the Soil Food Web

VGI fertilizers enable the full benefit of the nutrients to be obtained. The nutrients pass through any ordinary irrigation system, and nurture both sandy and heavy soil, without leaving any superfluous residues in the soil or groundwater. They may also be sprayed onto the foliage, while overdosing does not cause any damage to plant or soil.

VGI fertilizers contain nutrients vital for the healthy development of root, stem, leaf and fruit. The fertilizers return health and fertility to the soil by integrating into the food web, including nourishing a variety of microorganisms that live in a symbiotic relationship with the crop and among themselves.

These organisms are vital in the process of breaking down organic compounds including waste, plant remains and pesticides, thereby preventing them from polluting water sources. The organisms also aid in isolating nitrogen and other nutrients that would otherwise enter the groundwater, while binding nitrogen from the atmosphere, making it available to the plants.

In addition, many of these organisms devour pests that damage crops, and are themselves food for animals that live on the surface of the soil – thereby they protect the crop while being an essential part of a balanced food web. Not only do we at VGI recognize the importance of this balance, we also aim to rehabilitate the soil food web and guard it from further harm.

All VGI products meet the organic standards of Israel, while every product is certified and licensed by Israel’s Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS).