Using stickers with pro-biotic sprays

General Fruit Growing
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I generally us a sticker/spreader with most of my sprays. However there are a few which are actually live products, spores of some bacteria or fungi that help the plants (kill bugs or prevent other bad bacteria/fungi from growing). I have always wondered if it is OK to use a spreader/sticker with these sprays; would the sticker part (especially the ones which are pine derived and seem to form a thin film) keep the pro-biotic critters from growing and doing their thing.

Does anyone here know the answer to this through experience or having read some studies?

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In general the only surfactant you should use with beneficials is Yucca Extract (Like therm x70) or fulvic acid. Definitely no sticker and most beneficial microbes come with a sugar solution and that is what you would use as a “sticker”

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