Quickshot: Helena’s New Dual-Purpose Planter Box Treatment

It’s a growing category of products, those that provide seed fluency plus an additional benefit and are directly applied to the planter box. 

Quickshot is Helena’s newest entrant in the field, which provides seed fluency in addition to crop nutrient package. For 2024, it’s available in limited quantities. 

Quickshot contains an 80:20 talc:graphite ratio with a unique blend of macro and micronutrients: 2% nitrogen, 10% phosphorus, 3% potassium, 2% sulfur, 4.5% zinc, 1.6% manganese and 0.6% copper.

Quickshot has the same functionality you’d expect from a quality talc:graphite product, but it allows you to get nutrition to the seed faster and improve uptake,” says . Helena Products Group Brand Manager Jason Gregory. “Simply put, it’s a cost-effective, over-achieving product that delivers better results using the same familiar steps that growers are already taking.” 

Helena says the product aims to increase nutrient uptake in seedlings and therefore increase emergence, stand establishment, and crop uniformity. 

“Because its nutrients reach the seed before it leaves the planter and hits the row, Quickshot sets up plants to emerge stronger and jump-starts the season,” Gregory says. “And the cost is minimal to put it to work.”

Quickshot is registered for use on corn, soybeans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, alfalfa, wheat, canola, cotton, sunflowers and turfgrass.

Compared to competitive products, Helena’s research shows a 7 bu. advantage or $34.72 per acre ROI (based on current market conditions and competitor pricing.)