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- 0:00Hello there, I'm Dr. Russell Sharp, the founder of Eutrema Limited,
- 0:04and I just wanted to do a quick podcast to explain what makes Eutrema unique.
- 0:09There are a lot of fertilizer and biostimulant manufacturers out there, however,
- 0:14I founded Eutrema in 2020 because I felt there was a need for something different,
- 0:20and some unique products based around the inventions and discoveries I was making
- 0:27in the field of plant science.
- 0:29So what makes Eutrema unique? Well, the first thing is that we are grower first.
- 0:33So we prioritize solving problems for you as a grower, whether you're an arable
- 0:40farmer, a golf greenkeeper, or a lawn care professional, or a home gardener.
- 0:45I focus on solving problems rather than trying to shoehorn in development projects
- 0:52or discoveries in the laboratory.
- 0:54So I have in my head a list of all the problems that growers have,
- 0:58and then we undergo something called serendipitous innovation,
- 1:02which means that we don't have Gantt charts, and we don't have schedules.
- 1:06Basically, when the team here think of a good solution to that problem,
- 1:11that's when we release that product, when we've developed it.
- 1:13We don't think, right, we need a product that solves problem X,
- 1:17and it has to be delivered next week.
- 1:19That's what every other company does, that's what every other university does,
- 1:22and it doesn't come up with really good solutions.
- 1:25We're innovative, and so we have cutting-edge plant science solutions.
- 1:29You will find in our portfolio there are loads of products that conventional
- 1:34chemistry and biochemistry say shouldn't exist.
- 1:37Liquid gypsum, a solution of fully soluble liquid of gypsum,
- 1:42our liquid gold product, every single plant nutrient in one bottle, shouldn't be possible.
- 1:48A very concentrated salicylic acid product shouldn't be possible.
- 1:51Our unique chemistry solutions allow that and so you'll find truly unique products we don't produce,
- 1:58me too products which are you know somebody else has got a product selling well
- 2:03let's copy it we leave that to other people bottom feeders they want to copy
- 2:07us we don't copy other people even though we're a small to medium enterprise.
- 2:12As i say cutting edge solutions we don't do lego products so we don't do let's
- 2:15do seaweed plus amino acid plus humic acid that's not true innovation in my mind we do,
- 2:22let's come up with a new product we don't let's not produce it hide behind a fancy name,
- 2:29it's one product with one solution and we don't do those lego type products
- 2:33that are not true innovation leave that to other people i call those products
- 2:37concoctions they're not really innovative,
- 2:40we're looking for sustainability we're looking for biological alternatives to
- 2:44reduce chemicals or chemicals that are harmful to the environment,
- 2:49if we do produce chemical-based products they are biorational so they fit they
- 2:54work with the microbes in the soil biology so some great examples of that,
- 2:59are say liquid gold fertilizer which feeds soil bacteria rather than killing
- 3:05them as would a very very harsh calcium and phosphate fertilizer.
- 3:11In addition to that, when we recommend products for controlling soil-based pests,
- 3:17we have things like our lime sulfur product, which, although very effective,
- 3:21breaks down after 24 hours into plant-available nutrients.
- 3:25There's no residual pesticidal effect there.
- 3:28We're also very transparent, so we don't hide behind fancy technical terms like,
- 3:33phycological innovation system included.
- 3:37Everything that's in the product, we list and we're very transparent about what
- 3:42they are. We don't use a fancy name.
- 3:44And you get direct access from the inventors and the manufacturers.
- 3:48So there's no middlemen.
- 3:50We don't sell other people's products and we don't white label our products
- 3:54and sell them to other people. So you're getting direct access.
- 3:57Vastly reduces the price that you pay still for a premium product and you get
- 4:04it faster as well. a lot of the times.
- 4:07So direct access to growers, unique products, real solutions focused on your challenge.
- 4:11And lastly, you get expert support. So if you email us or phone us,
- 4:17you're probably going to get
- 4:17an answer almost immediately, if not immediately, within an hour or two.
- 4:22So you'll get plant science support.
- 4:26We might recommend somebody else's product. Or we might say the best thing to
- 4:30do is to do nothing. We're not always going to push a product on you.
- 4:34And because we don't sell one type of product and one product,
- 4:38we're not going to force you to buy one specific product.
- 4:41You'll find that a lot of companies out there, especially biostimulant companies,
- 4:45have one product and it has to be a product that will solve all your problems.
- 4:51We don't believe in those sort of panacea products. They often overstate their,
- 4:56expertise and their ability to solve those problems.
- 4:59So you'll get real support. If we don't know the answer, we'll tell you or we'll
- 5:03tell you where to go to get that solution.
- 5:05So always a great sounding board if you've got any technical issues we're always
- 5:10happy to solve your problems and we also as a company we're always giving away
- 5:15swag whether it's free christmas trees,
- 5:18turf trumps our amazing turf game hydroponics headaches we've got another game
- 5:22there hats sweatshirts we're giving them all out throughout the year to help
- 5:26spread the word about eutreema,
- 5:28we also often do things that don't involve selling any products so if you get
- 5:33one of our brochures you'll find the periodic table of plant,
- 5:38health there listing every nutrient that's beneficial,
- 5:42deleterious or activates plants and you'll also find full growth schedules and
- 5:47you'll you'll find three podcasts that we produce grass me up for lawn care.
- 5:53And sports turf cereal killers for arable farmers listing all the problems for
- 5:58arable crops and hydroponics daily for hydroponic sector so we do a lot to,
- 6:05help you get knowledgeable about plant science and growing better crops it's not just about,
- 6:12selling more product if you ever have any issues as i say get in contact with
- 6:16me dr russell sharp i'm the founder the owner of Eutrema we've also got other
- 6:20people in technical and sales support and it's a British company and
- 6:26by buying from us you're supporting British innovation what more could be better
- 6:31thank you much from very much for listening and uh hope to speak to you soon.