How Soil Disinfestation Works

Step 1: Soil Is Injected

Fumigants are injected as liquids into the soil to control harmful insects, nematodes, weeds, bacteria, fungi, and diseases that have invaded a field.

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Step 2: Volatizes Into Gas

The fumigant volatizes into gas diffusing through the soil air space, radiating out from the point of injection.

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Step 3: Reduces The Harmful Pathogens

The treatment significantly reduces the harmful pathogens and rebalances the native beneficial soil microbe population, conditioning it for planting.

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Step 4: Fumigant Decomposes

The fumigant decomposes rapidly in the soil; and some fumigants, like Chloropicrin, actually biodegrade into plant nutrients.

Step 51: Crop Planting

Crop planting takes place in the newly conditioned soil.

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Step 6: Healthy Plants

Healthy plants are able to maximise their water and nutrient use and grow to full yield potential with no uptake of fumigant into the plan root or residue on the plant.

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