New foam substrate sheet introduced for propagation media

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To succeed in today's market, commercial growers need every competitive advantage, including a precision propagation substrate that channels success. Propagation media pioneer Oasis Grower Solutions (OGS) is once again responding to cultivators' needs with the launch of OASIS® RhizoPlug™ Sheet, a new engineered foam growing media designed especially for precision vegetative propagation.

In developing the Oasis RhizoPlug Sheet, the OGS research and development team raised its own bar. Inspired by the legacy popularity of Oasis Rootcubes and the needs of CEA growers, the team's new generation of engineered foam propagation substrate outperforms its predecessor in the OGS line. In developing the new sheet propagation media, the team decreased the foam substrate's density and resistance to facilitate easy, breakage-free sticking of cuttings while refining and improving the media's cell structure and capillary action.

"We listened when growers asked for a product to minimize sticking issues, maximize tip contact, and support vigorous rooting. "We created Oasis RhizoPlug in response to those needs, so cuttings can express their full rooting potential and our customers can succeed," says Oasis Grower Solutions Director of Global Grower Operations and Research Vijay Rapaka, Ph.D., lead scientist on the team, shared the focus behind the new precision propagation media.

Following research with the new media, Allison Justice, Ph.D., founder and CEO of The Hemp Mine, noted that Oasis RhizoPlug Sheets significantly improved the rooting performance of shoot tip hemp cuttings compared to the preceding generation of media. "Across replicates, we noticed faster establishment and root formation of the cuttings in Oasis RhizoPlug Sheet growing media," Justice said.

Sheet benefits Oasis RhizoPlug Sheets provide propagators with an ideal substrate for vegetative propagation of a wide variety of crops, from industrial hemp clones to floriculture and culinary herb cuttings. Designed for easy use and handling in manual growing operations, Oasis RhizoPlug Sheets come pre-dibbled with an improved universal star that maximizes cutting tip contact, regardless of the caliper. Pre-etched grooves in the sheet media ensure separating individual plugs for transplant stays quick and simple, too.

With Oasis RhizoPlug Sheets foam propagation substrate, growers can experience the following features and benefits:

Advanced surfactant technology – Cuttings rehydrate faster, allowing an earlier reduction in misting frequency, thereby minimizing conditions favorable to pathogens and pests.

Optimized, consistent air-to-water ratio – Cuttings display faster, more consistent, more uniform rooting, sheet after sheet, and batch after batch.

Clean, inert, pathogen-free – Limited buffering capacity and nutrients translate to easy Electric Conductivity steering in the root zone.

Low substrate density and resistance – Cuttings stick easily, penetrate the media without breakage or tip damage, and root vigorously with improved fine root architecture.

Unique cellular matrix – Used properly, the foam media eliminates the risk of overwatering, promoting faster rooting and reducing bench time — even on challenging crops.

Superior capillary action – Ultrafine cell structure improves capillarity and creates an outstanding interface with non-organic or organic media, including peat and coco.

Food safe – Sheets arrive clean and uncontaminated and remain food safe when used in conjunction with effective, appropriate food safety programs.

Oasis RhizoPlug Sheets engineered foam propagation substrate is available in 50, 104, and 162-count plug sheets from national and international distributors. The company encourages growers to stay tuned to OGS for the next Oasis Grower Solutions product launch: Oasis RhizoPlug Trays, developed with large-scale, automated operations in mind.

For more information: Oasis Grower Solutions Vijay Rapaka, Director of Global Grower Operations www.oasisgrowersolutions.com