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I realized Certis Biologicals is not an innovative company. All they do is acquired products or strains from other companies. I understand this might be the case years ago when the Research and Development department consists only four people. Now, they doubled the size of the department and they are still using the same strategy. Why did you hired all these people for? For example, Howler EVO and Theia. These two products were acquired from Agbiome. Convergence is literally the same product as Double Nickel LC, but repackaged for row crops. If you look at their labels, both Convergence and Double Nickel LC have the same formulation and EPA registration number. They also have to pay royalties for Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (active ingredient for Double Nickel and Covergence) and B. mycoides Jacobsen (active ingredient for Lifeguard).  Since the original people who worked there for decades retire and people who worked under these retirees also quit, the company haven't acquired o

NemaClean 10% WP is not a new innovation. The active ingredient is Purpureocillium lilacinum strain PL11. The strain was acquired from LAM International. 

The active ingredient of Convergence is Bacillus amyloliquefaciens . This is the same active ingredient as Double Nickel 55. They were marketing Convergence as an innovative product! IT IS NOT! They already sell a product with the same active ingredient, which is Double Nickel 55!  Now, I am not sure how they priced these two products with the same active. I am also not sure if they use the same formulation and just repackaged Double Nickel 55 as Convergence. Since it was EPA approved so fast, I think they repackaged Double Nickel 55 as Convergence! Usually, it takes time to go through EPA if there is a formulation change. The EPA numbers on the label is are the same. These are the questions you need to ask the company before you purchase from them. You need to ask about the difference between the formulation and spec of Double Nickel 55 and Convergence! Don't get cheated by them. It's all part of the marketing scheme! Be smart.  Just compare the labels! It's the same produ

Apparently, Certis Biologicals is going to launch five new products when their manufacturing site cannot even keep up with their current products. Their manufacturing site cannot even make the current products right. There is so much cross contamination at the manufacturing site. The manufacturing site doesn't really clean before they start producing a new product. Even if they clean, they don't clean well.  This company doesn't offer quality products. Most of the time they are below spec and contaminated. I highly urge you to use your own third party testing before investing money in these awful products. Don't trust the certificate of analysis or third party certifications provided by them. They usually manipulate test results and use their preferred third part companies!

I used to do quality control for most products at Certis Biologicals. The two fungal products, PFR and SoilGard, were always below spec and contaminated with bacteria. Sometimes, they were contaminated with Double Nickel ( Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) , and this bacteria kills PFR and SoilGard. These two products are not very shelf stable at room temperature despite formulation changes. It will only last weeks tops. It may last a couple of months if refrigerated. This company tries to market a SoilGard product as stable for two years! LIES!!!! Don't even get me started on their other fungal products. The measure of potency for their other fungal products uses germination (viable spores/g or viable spores/ml) instead of colony forming units (CFU/g or CFU/ml). Most of the time these products will pass if they claim viable spores counts, but they will fail if they claim CFU counts. PFR and SoilGard use CFU counts, while the other fungal products acquired from the LAM international in B

The two products that don't work from this biopesticides company are Seduce (ant bait) and Homeplate (herbicide). They don't work. The ants are still alive and not killed off! The ants got smart and avoided eating these pellets. Homeplate doesn't work. The weeds keep growing back instantly. I would only use this crap if you have absolutely no choice.  If you have a choice, stay far, far away from these products and save your money! Stay far, far away from any products from this company! Nothing works! They are all probably old and expired products. Remember, biologicals don't keep for very long. They only last a couple of weeks to a couple of months depending on the product. If you want products that work, use the chemical stuff from Home Depot. For any bait, the best one has got to be Terro (ant bait), specifically the stakes. For herbicide, nothing beats Roundup despite all the lawsuits. They just work and they are more affordable.