Innovating for Lasting Landscapes
Design Challenges in Landscape Architecture
Landscape architects follow a detailed design process that involves specifying the exact locations for plants, trees, walkways and structures. They also select materials and plan for irrigation systems, ensuring the landscape is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Additionally, they often provide specifications for essential procedures like planting mixes, setting the foundation for a healthy, thriving environment.
But even the best-laid plans can go awry. Issues like irrigation failures, water connection delays, or system breakdowns can lead to plant mortality and prevent landscapes from thriving. Busy schedules and overlooked details by an installation team can further jeopardize a project’s success.
Advanced Technology for Resilient Landscapes
A Unique Combination of Chemistry + Biology
MitoGrow isn’t just another gimmick-it’s grounded in science, offering cutting-edge technology that combines chemistry and biology in a patented formula. This unique blend is proven to reduce plant mortality rates by up to 70%, while promoting healthier, more vibrant trees and plants in every installation.
All-in-One, Spec-Ready Solution
MitoGrow integrates mycorrhizae, sea kelp, beneficial bacteria, and B vitamins—all in one patented formula, making it a true all-in-one, spec-ready solution.
By incorporating these essential biologicals, MitoGrow streamlines your design management specifications, saving you both time and money. With our unique 1-pound water-soluble powder, you can easily enhance your plant care routine while promoting sustainability and effective water management.
Easy Application, Flexible Integration
We encourage architects to specify MitoGrow in their designs and recommend that contractors and growers drench before shipping. This proactive approach ensures optimal plant health from the start.
Choosing MitoGrow is an investment that pays off by reducing plant loss, minimizing reinstallation, and saving on labor, time, and fuel.
Do your contractors a favor—choose MitoGrow.
Installation Cost Example
| Plant, Shrub & Tree Size | 2 lb per 100 gal ($1.04 per gal) |
|---|---|
| 5 gal | $0.34 |
| 15 gal | $1.25 |
| 25 gal | $2.29 |
| 65 gal | $6.51 |
| 100 gal | $10.01 |
MOST PLANT SPECIES HAVE AN INCREASE IN ROOT MASS UP TO 30% AND UP TO 50% IN PLANTS AND TREES
IN DROUGHT TOLERANCE TESTING,
MORTALITY RATES DECREASED UP TO 70%
INCREASED AMOUNTS OF NUTRIENT ABSORPTION:
5X MORE CALCIUM
4X MORE MAGNESIUM
1.2X MORE NITROGEN
1.11X MORE PHOSPHORUS
6X MORE POTASSIUM
A TWO-YEAR STUDY ON 15-YEAR-OLD OAK TREES SHOWED THAT THE TREES TREATED WITH MITOGROW AND FERTILIZER HAD
A DIAMETER INCREASE OF 52% OVER TREES RECEIVING ONLY FERTILIZER AND AN INCREASE OF 128% OVER TREES IN THE CONTROL GROUP
INSTALLATIONS SHOW BETTER ESTABLISHMENT AND A 50% LESS LIKELY CHANCE OF DECLINE
WHEN USED ON THE SAME YEARLY FERTILIZATION PROGRAM FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE, A 50% HIGHER UPTAKE IN NUTRIENTS WHEN USED WITH A FERTILIZER
While studies have proven the effectiveness of Aqua 3-IA in professional landscaping, the true testament comes from those who use it every day. Hear from landscapers and growers who have witnessed firsthand how Aqua 3-IA has transformed their plants, trees, and installations into healthier, thriving landscapes.
GROWERS: If you aren’t using MitoGrow you are leaving easy $$ on the table!
After 30+ years in the landscape industry as a grower and landscape installer I’ve seen it all and tried it all… After incorporating MitoGrow in our business, I can say without question, any wholesale grower or retail garden center not using MitoGrow is leaving money on the table.
At our Shades of Texas Retail Nursery for example, we drench all new inventory as soon as it arrives with MitoGrow. As a result, the plants up beautifully from their delivery ride and start loading up buds within days. The plants are just healthier post drench and look it, as a result they sell much faster.
On the growing side, we hit all our plants early and often with MitoGrow and absolutely every time we bump. With MitoGrow we get our wholesale plants to market faster while greatly reducing loss in the process. And my favorite part is how consistent each plant is.
There’s no question using MitoGrow doesn’t cost, it’s an investment that pays, in the form of increased ROI.
If you are a grower or retail garden center owner and want to improve your ROI, I can’t recommend incorporating MitoGrow strongly enough! It’s an absolute No Brainer.
Jon Mathews, Owner
Shades of Texas Wholesale & Retail Nursery
+ The Lawn Stylist
Houston, Texas
As a professional in the landscaping and lawn care industry, I’ve had the pleasure of using MitoGrow Aqua 3-IA, and the results have been extraordinary. This product integrates seamlessly with our fertility program, saving valuable time during application. Its broad-spectrum biostimulant properties significantly enhance root growth and nutrient absorption, which is critical for the health of turf, trees, and nursery products.
Since incorporating MitoGrow, we’ve observed remarkable improvements in plant health and resilience, leading to stronger, more robust plants. Our clients have noticed the enhanced appearance and vitality of their lawns and gardens, boosting our reputation and customer satisfaction. MitoGrow has become an indispensable part of our fertility program, consistently delivering high-quality results that elevate our work and delight our clients. I highly recommend MitoGrow to any professional seeking to enhance plant health and growth in their projects.
We recently used this product on 1,500 trees we planted for a client, and the results showed significant improvement in tree health and growth. The enhanced root systems and nutrient absorption have made a noticeable difference, confirming the product’s effectiveness.
Christian L Chavez, Special Projects Manager
SMC Landscape Services
My name is Jeff Hamilton and I am a commercial landscaper in Southern California, horticulturist and nursery owner. I have over 45 years in landscaping and 10 years as a nursery owner and hybridizer. I was introduced to MitoGrow a few years ago and started doing field research in my small nursery with daylilies and iris. Due to my positive results, I started using it in several landscape jobs. Initially, I was only using it on problem areas. Anytime that I had plant material that was struggling, I would apply MitoGrow. I then started using it on healthy plants as well.
As a horticulturist, my primary responsibility is to ensure healthy plant growth. MitoGrow has become an essential tool in keeping landscapes healthy. MitoGrow encourages healthy root growth and increased nutrient uptake. With the increase in water and nutrient availability, plants become lusher, greener and healthier.
I also find that I have few insect and disease issues. Root fungal diseases are now rare, which I believe are due to the Mycorrhizal Fungi in MitoGrow. I have no empirical evidence of that, this is merely my own observations.
I will be forever thankful to MitoGrow for making my job easier.
Jeff Hamilton
Landscape Maintenance Manager,
Horticulturist and Nursery Owner
There was a project on the Halifax River, downtown Daytona Beach where we previously installed 200+ mature Live Oaks… These trees specifically had taken a beating due to a hurricane in 2022 that flooded the entire property. There was also major wind damage that blew almost all the foliage off the trees. The “soil” was also a major issue as the pH is way too high.
All that being said, and after we learned of MitoGrow, we applied MitoGrow to all of the 200 trees in the Fall of 2023. I really felt these trees were done and had no chance of survival but we wanted to do anything we could to save them and not have to replace. I have to say the last time I visited, they looked unbelievably better. They have a long way to go but MitoGrow will most likely save their lives.
We have used MitoGrow on so many other trees we install now and see really no health issues at all in these. Trees are more quickly established, better health and no decline or mortality issues.
Mark Grantham
Urban Forestry Works
I never endorse a plant or product without firsthand experience. After testing MitoGrow in my own yard, which boasts over 400 plants in the front yard alone, I am thoroughly impressed. Although I didn’t conduct a formal experiment, my 25+ years of landscaping experience in the DFW metroplex gives me a deep understanding of native plant growth. Within just three days, I noticed remarkable improvements. My desert willow, which had been struggling, transformed into a thriving part of my garden. Additionally, my red verbena growth accelerated, various ornamental grasses responded well, and even some of my herbs showed modest growth improvements within a week.
MitoGrow has proven to be a game-changer for me. I now consider it my secret weapon and will be incorporating it into all of my customer projects moving forward.
David Petty, Owner & Designer
TX Natives Perennial Landscaping
Aqua 3-IA Studies
Aqua 3-IA/Fertilizer Blend Effect on Potted Oaks — May 2018
SUMMARY: “… for the use of the Aqua 3-IA/fertilizer blend as a soil amendment, there is continued evidence that the product is much better for the potted trees than no fertilizer, but it is also better overall than simply using a standard 13-13-13 fertilizer. This conclusion was most pronounced in the two-year old sapling study, in which the Aqua 3-IA/fertilizer blend trees grew larger but also did not exhibit any die-back that one associates with fertilizer “burn” that was observed for two trees in the T-13 trees. Indeed, the diameter of the two treatments appeared close, but the growth was measured on the re-shoots on the “burned” trees. As well, among both saplings and seedlings, the trees growing in the Aqua 3- IA/fertilizer blend soil had more lush foliage, indicating greater potential for photosynthesis leading to better growth and tree health. While we expected the differences among the treatments to be even more profound by the spring of 2018, the rapid nutrient usage of the Aqua 3-IA amended soil most likely caused the differences to decrease. This indicates that use of blended Aqua 3-IA/fertilizer may warrant occasional repeated application of small amounts of fertilizer for optimization of a Aqua 3-IA treatment when used more than a year. Overall, the blended Aqua 3-IA/fertilizer produced the most “healthy” soil that produced both tree growth and nutrient usage. This treatment combined with occasional topdressing of nutrients should yield a sustained superior tree.”
Aqua 3-IA Holden Research & Consulting Study
SUMMARY: Olive, weeping lantana, purple showers, and starcluster crops were treated with Aqua 3-IA over the course of 45 days. For each plant the whole wet weight and dry weight showed significant growth when treated with Aqua 3-IA.
RESULTS:
Purple showers plant after one month
Testing of Open Grown Tree Growth (Nuttall Oaks) with Aqua 3-IA on Louisiana Tech Campus — Fall 2018
SUMMARY: “In conclusion, there is evidence that across two years post treatments, these Nuttall oaks are showing response to the Aqua 3-IA product the most. While there are few traits that showed statistical significance, nearly all traits had the same biological trends across treatments and across the two sampling periods. The major hindrance to this study was the study size for which we were unable to remedy due to the site requirements to conduct the study. Still the overall trend is that the MitoGrow Aqua 3-IA product is producing an acceleration of growth in trees of an urban/suburban environment that are under great stress and is even accelerating the growth of the foliage.”
Contact information:
Dr. Joshua Adams: 318.257.4457; adamsj@latech.edu
Dr. Michael Crosby: 318.257.4724; mcrosby@latech.edu
For full details on any of the above-referenced studies, please email MitoGrow at info@mitogrow.com