Our comprehensive approach combines agronomy advice with state-of-the-art lab testing, and cutting-edge inputs offering horticulturists a vertically integrated source of tools and knowledge they need to optimize their operations. 

Apical’s mission to help horticultural operations often starts with improving their efficiencies by reducing or buffering salt-based inputs, improving their potting soil balance, and identifying the underlying sources of harsh chemical input needs.  Once this has been done, growers can often find innovative solutions that save money, time, and labor, and improve plant health rapidly.  In the PNW, a number of Christmas tree growers have used Apical to address limb dieback and improve viable tree stands and overall growth rates.  Other growers have used Apical’s leaf sap diagnostics to locate mineral augmentation needs that were being confused as diseases.  

Our proactive guidance on nutritional support translates into minimizing a lack of vitality in the plants and how that influences pest management, disease prevention, and environmental stressors such as heat and UV. Our lab testing services also allow for early detection of potential threats, enabling growers to take swift action to protect their crops and reduce the likelihood of losses.