
Uniform Coverage
Recirculating booms ensure even nutrient delivery with no blockages.

Tree crop and orchard systems demand uniformity, efficiency, and reliability. Tow and Fert ensures nutrients are delivered consistently across the canopy and root zone, with the flexibility to combine fertiliser, trace minerals and biologicals in one pass. By reducing tractor passes and applying nutrients foliarly, orchardists achieve better fruit quality and uniformity, while saving fuel and labour.
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Recirculating booms ensure even nutrient delivery with no blockages.

Apply fertiliser, trace minerals and biologicals together in one pass.

Foliar application works even when rainfall is forecast.

Direct leaf uptake improves consistency across the orchard.

Over-sow floor mixes, companion crops, multi-species at the same time as your soil amendments.
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Tow and Fert’s recirculating booms are designed to give every tree and every alley the same, even dose. Uniform coverage is critical in orchards, where inconsistent wetting leads to patchy responses, variable fruit size and missed nutrition targets. By constantly recirculating the mix through the boom, Tow and Fert keeps nutrients in suspension and reduces the risk of blockages, streaking or sediment settling out. That means calcium, potassium and micronutrients reach all parts of the canopy and fruiting zone, supporting more consistent fruit quality and reducing the risk of localised disorders such as bitter pit or cracking. Reliable coverage also lets you confidently integrate biostimulants and bio‑inputs into your foliar programmes, knowing they are being delivered where they can actually work. The result is a more even, predictable orchard that is easier to manage and present to high‑value markets.

Tow and Fert gives tree‑crop growers a single, adaptable platform for a wide range of liquid and suspension products. You can apply foliar NPK, calcium, trace elements and biologicals together in one optimised pass, tailoring mixes to different blocks, varieties or growth stages across the season. Foliar nutrition is especially useful in orchards where soil constraints, root restriction or drought limit nutrient uptake; supplying nutrients through the leaf can quickly correct deficiencies and support flowering, fruit set and sizing. The system handles everything from early‑season fert and biostimulants to heavy soil amendments like lime, gypsum and humate, so you do not need multiple pieces of kit or contractors to run separate programmes. For operations juggling apples, kiwifruit, stone fruit or nuts, this versatility simplifies logistics while allowing precise, block‑by‑block nutrition strategies that keep fruit coming off to spec

Tow and Fert opens up a different layer of flexibility for orchards by handling the heavy, gritty and biological products that ruin most conventional sprayers. Instead of being limited to clear foliar solutions, you can apply lime, dolomite, gypsum, humates, compost extracts, fish hydrolysate and seaweed extracts in one stable suspension, right when trees and soils need them most. That means you can build calcium and correct pH, feed soil biology and deliver biostimulants through the same machine you use for in‑season nutrition, without blocked nozzles or rapid wear. It also lets you use short weather windows to look after both canopy and orchard floor, rather than booking separate operations or compromising mixes to suit delicate gear. By adjusting rates and timing across the season, Tow and Fert helps you steadily lift soil function and tree resilience, while your existing high maintanance atomisers stay focused on the chemical they are best at.

Tow and Fert supports the fruit‑quality traits that drive pack‑out and market returns by doing what most conventional sprayers cannot: carrying the heavier, biology‑friendly inputs that support long‑term tree and soil performance. Instead of being limited to fine foliar solutions, you can run calcium sources, lime, gypsum, humates, compost extracts, fish hydrolysate and seaweed in one pass, feeding both tree and soil while keeping your sensitive air‑blast gear for fungicides and other crop protection work. These amendments help improve soil structure, calcium supply and microbial activity, which research links with stronger cell walls, more balanced nutrition and greater resilience to physiological issues such as cracking or bitter pit. Tow and Fert’s even, recirculated delivery means each row receives a reliable dose, helping to reduce the variability in finish that makes grading a headache. Over time, this kind of integrated nutrition and soil‑health programme has the potential to lift pack‑outs and reduce downgrades, while your atomised sprayers stay focused on the jobs they are best at.

Tow and Fert also makes it simple to improve the orchard floor while you are looking after the trees. You can over‑sow diverse floor mixes, companion species or multi‑species covers at the same time as you apply liquid fertiliser or biologicals, turning a single pass into both tree nutrition and soil‑health investment. Well‑managed cover crops in orchard alleys help reduce erosion, improve infiltration, support beneficial insects and build soil organic matter, all of which contribute to a more resilient orchard system. Using Tow and Fert to establish and feed these species means better seed‑to‑soil contact, timely moisture capture and an even spread across rows, without needing a separate drill or seeder operation. This integrated approach keeps machinery hours down while steadily lifting the biological performance and trafficability of your orchard floor.
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