Reister's Grower Services, LLC

Reister's Grower Services, LLC Bringing quality agricultural products at fair prices. "If we can't save you $$ we don't bring it!" Reister's is a family owned/run business.

We source/sell agricultural inputs of all kinds: pesticides, fertilizers, OMRI approved products, adjuvants, etc. Our goal is to provide quality products at a fair price. "If we can't save you $$$ we don't bring it!"

11/14/2025

Fruit Ridge Notes - Friday - November 14 - 2025

11/04/2025

Fruit Ridge Notes - Tuesday - November 4 - 2025 ...Election Day... -

10/28/2025

Fruit Ridge Notes
Tuesday - October 28 - 2025
Hello Grower Friends & Agr.Associate Pals.... We Hope You're Having a Great Fall..!!!...
..Fervent Prayers for Jamaica... 'Melissa' ..Category 5 Hurricane.. 175 mph.Winds..Gusts 215 mph..20-30 Inches Rain ...Heading for Jamaica.
They started keeping Records in 1851. Some Weather Folks are saying Melissa will be the worst ever in Recorded History ... Seriously Fervent Prayers.
.Dija Notice the Long Range ForeCast Going Out til November 11th..??... I see 5 of the 14 Days with a chance of Rain...But nuthin very significant. I see all the DayTime HighTemps Mid-40*s to Mid-50*s... I see all the Early AM Cold Temps Mid-to-High 30*s...No serious BadAss Freezes... I'm Bettn the 1st kinda serious SnowFall is Dec.8th .. Monday of the G.L.ExpoWeek....

It sounds like our RowCrop-Grain-Grower Pals have Things Pretty-Well Cornered... This harvest is fast-becoming a 'Wrap' all around here.....Some Sweet Cherry Grower Pals wait til 95% or Full Leaf Drop and do a 1Qt "005" Plus 2 Qt Chlorothalonil [Bravo] ...
I notice the Sweets interplanted in the Apple Block by our house...Still Reeeaaaally Green and Happy. So are the Tarts...All the way to the Tops...No Leaf Drop yet....But... They get Alotta CS2005 Bactericide...
.The Tree Fruit--Mainly Apple Guys... that were consistent in deploying their Season-Long 'All-Disease-Prevent' Strategy are not doing any Extreme Measures for Post-Harvest-Appln ...Actually ...Just More of the Same Tank-Mix. The Attacks by Mildew ..Scab.. F.Blight..??.. never got any Traction. Their Strategy handled all assaults. Soooo..Their Appln Focus now is Mainly Nutrition...and maybe some Ethephon where they were seriously Over-Cropped.
The *SuperPhites.. *"005".. and *OxiDate 5.0 are always a Superb Idea... And any Part-Jugs of Cheap NukeRoids in the Shed....Some other Michigan Apple Guys that had a seriously bad streak of Storms-Trauma-Crap-Ugly FBlight Infections and Ugly Symptoms are doin a 1 Qt.CS2005 with 3-4 Qts SuperPhite..with 1 Qt. OxiDate 5.0

Yup...Soon...I'm Still workn On the 'Ronnisms'... Soon I'll send a FRNs 'Special Edition'.. A Glossary of 'Ronnisms' that some Pals have Requested .....

Calendar Notes....October 31..Friday... Halloween... Careful Kiddos....
.Nov.4th...Election Day.. Anything Goin On in Your Precinct..?? Please Look at 'Right To Life Michigan'...
.November 8th..!!!...Saturday ..5pm... the Veerrrry Cool 'Lutheran Christian DaySchool FundRaisers' 501.c.3 NonProfit Crew Presentation of the '15th Annual Dinner & Auction Party' ..at the St.Vincent dePaul Banquet Hall.. 32nd Ave.. Conklin... Just South of Gooding St. We seriously appreciate All Your Support. This years Goal is $50,000 ... Party Tickets are $30...Includes Open Bar..Dinner...Lots More...Let me know if You Need Tickets or wanna make a Donation...616.437.0073
.Nov.15...Opening Day..On a Saturday this Year... At Dads Barn...10.30am til 8pm... Lotsa Libations..Food.. CockTails.. BullSh*t/Lies.. College FootBall.. Drinks.. Comradery.. TallTales/Lies.. Adult Beverages...
.Dec. 2nd ... Another Wagyu Beef from my Neighbor goes in for Slaughter.... Probably be gettn the Finished Frozen Product around the 20th..???... I have about $8-$8.50 a Lb into the FinishedProduct I Put in my Freezer. The Shrink from the 'Hangin Wt' is about 35%-39%. This last Qtr I Got was 1/2 WagYu.. 1/4 Angus.. 1/4 Holstein. Incredible. I do the Roasts like a Thick Steak on the Grill. Unbelievable. Simply Amazing. I only mention this because I see a Beef Farm advertising Wagyu Beef Online... A single 14 oz.RibEye...$45.

GLExpo .. Dec.9-10-11[Tu-Wedn-Thrs]

Jan.13-14..2026 ... NWMO&V Show...at GTResort&Spa..Acme MI...

Feb.4..2026...7.30am..Fricanos Pizza Alpine... the Restricted Use Pesticide Applicators Training...

March 10-11-12 ...Reisters Grower Services Winter Meetings & Expo... ...*Ridge..and *SW Corner.. and *Traverse City Area...*M-*Tu-*Wedn...

These are Huuuuuuugely Important Meetings..!!!...with Alotta Certification Points for Your RUP Applrs Lic...!!!!!...

God Bless You Kiddos...In His Peace....Locked & Loaded...r

Always Intentionally Politically Incorrect On-Purpose....
Ron Reister C.C.A.

10/21/2025

Fruit Ridge Notes - Tuesday - October 21st - 2025

10/17/2025

Fruit Ridge Notes
Friday - October17 - 2025
Greetings...Happy Friday... We Hope All Ya's Are Doin Well....
Right about now ..in 1958... the first Chevy ElCamino came onto the Market. You Good Ol Boys remember my Brother Bob had alot of ElCaminos..Goin thru the Orchards..Checking Mite Counts and Disease Issues...🤗😎🇺🇸☺️
.Pretty Perfect Weather for Harvesting Anything/Everything...
..But...the WunderGround-10-Day-ForeCasters are Sayn Reeeeeaaally Good Chance of Decent Rains Saturday-Sunday and Tuesday... High Temps Mid-50s to Mid 60s*... Low AM Temps mostly all in the 40*s...Except next week Thus-Fri-Saturday AMs in the High 30*s...Supposed to be quite windy with the Rains on Sunday and Tuesday.
And... We are technically very far behind on Rainfall for several months.....Yes...Indeed Yes... I Take It for Granted..and I forget to mention it..!!...😒🫩🤨🙄...
Indeed...We always have the VitaZyme[or BioShot] in our PostHarvest Apps on All TreeFruits..CaneCrops.. Brambles..We do 1Pt-Ac VZyme...or 2 oz-Ac BioShot. We do this as soon as we do our 1st Post-Application..when we still have viable Foliage to enjoy it. These Tank-Mix great with everything else we like to do in our Early Post App. ..My Row-Crop-GrainGrower Pals have been Reeeeaaaally KicknAss with the Harvesting ... Seriously Rollin... And because they get such a CloseUp BirdsEye View of their WeedControl Successes when Riding the Harvester...I get some welcomed FeedBack...Good and Bad.
When they do their Indicate 5 and their InSpray 90 in the Tank they see a Herbicide-Synergism that delivers Xtreeeeeme Top-Killn Performance. And again... Wherever they also had a serious Issue with RoundUp-Resistant Targets, and added the WetCit or Vintre from 'ORO.Agri' to the Mix...they got a great Kill and saved a 2nd Pass. That ORO stuff fiercely penetrates and stimulates the PhloemParenchyma Cells & Fibers to get the A.I.Glyphosate moved into places it normally won't reach.
Some of my Faves Ride Harvesters on Thousands of Acres...and say the Difference is Day-&-Night-Blatantly-Obvious. ..Serious 'Return-Crop' Post-Harvest-Apps are very critical wherever we had a Crazy-Limb-Buster Apple Crop Load...Keeping in mind this 2025 Apple Crop was the 4th Really Big Crop in a Row... Trees are Veerrrrry Stressed... And the Drought makes the Stress worse.
Here is a Per-Acre Tank-Mix some Faves are doin right now...
** 5 Pint K-Phite 7LP[FormulaII-SW]
** 1 Pint Motivate[Ethephon]
** 1 Pint VitaZyme
** 2 Pint CS2005 [Only 1 Pt where there was Zero FBlight Zero Scab Pressure]
** 2 Lbs. DiKaP
** 2 Lbs. TriplexMicro
** 2 Lbs. OxyCom
Some Guys do their own Fave Zinc and Boron..??.. Very Good... but These 3 ReDox Nutrients are Amazing..and Cover All the Zn & 'B' Bases..Plus 22 other 'Nooots'...
And...We keep in mind the *Real Goal*... To *Need to Thin Every Petal-Fall*.....Jan Reisters Visitation at North Ridge Sparta Funeral Home Today.. 4p - 8p ... Funeral 1p Tomorrow..Trinity Lutheran.. Harding St.. Conklin..Let me know if You want to make a Donation to the Nov.8th LCDSF Dinner-Auction-Party FundRaiser .. Better yet...Deanna..616-826-5104.... also for Tickets... This '501.c.3'NonProfit Raises Funds for Tuition Assistance at Trinity Lutheran School.....If you are gonna be around for the G.Lakes Expo...Dec.9-10-11... You can save a few Buck$ by Registering before Nov.14th.

Talk Soon...
In His Peace... Locked & Loaded...r

Always Intentionally Politically Incorrect On-Purpose....
Ron Reister C.C.A.
o.616-887-9933 Mobile.616-437-0073 Ron@Reisters.Net
Reisters Grower Services 14050 Fruit Ridge Ave., Kent City, MI. 49330
Web--Reisters.Net

10/10/2025

Fruit Ridge Notes
Friday - October 10 - 2025
Hey Grower Friends & AgrBizz Pals... Happy Friday...
Some Frosts around the Hood Yesterday morning..!!... 🙄🤔...
Mid October.. West Central Michigan... Kinda Normal...... The Expert ForeCasters at WunderGround are sayn Chance of Showers Today...But Not a Huuuuuge Chance..??... Going Forward...Expect 10 days Big SunShine..avg High Temp 68*F... Early AM Temps all around 46*F ... Breezy Today and then Not for a week...A Clarification Request... I know..I know... But.. Please Save this someplace so as to Ponder this Winter......That LowCost 'FBlight-Plus-All-Disease-Prevent' Strategy..Works Sooooo Very Well against FBlight..and Scab ..and All Disease...
Here again.. **Upon Request**...Are the 'Lower-Normal-Weather-Medium-Pressure-Per-Acre Rates' ... for Medium-Size-Average TRV Good Production Blocks....
*CS2005.. 20 oz..Plus *F-II-SW.. 32 oz. Plus *K-Phite 7LP.. 32 oz Plus *Kudos.. 4 oz Plus *SAver.. 24 oz Plus *OxiDate 5.0.. 24 oz.
[If we're goin into a NonBearing Block..We be sure to have 'SlantEC' in the Mix at 3-4 oz-Ac.for $1.75]
OK..Then ..When we know we're gonna get some seriously Ugly Intense FBlight Infection Weather..??... We simply Increase each Product Rate by 50%.
So...Here's where that Lands... Per Acre in High-Pressure-Infection Weather... We use the Alternate-Center-Application Strategy so we get a chance to adjust for Weather every 3 days.
** CS2005 1 Qt
** Formula-II-SW 3 Pt
** K-Phite 7LP 3 Pt
** Kudos 4-6 Oz
** SAver 1 Qt
** Oxidate 5.0 1 Qt
Why do we do both SuperPhites..??.. Each has Its Own Superiority Complex... NoOne else has an 'Inert-Ingredient-Complex' like Plant Food Systems 'K-Phite'..just incredibly Hitech. And the F-II-SW'Phite' brings us some North Atlantic SeaWeed and some Zinc..All inside a very Patented "Inert Ingredient" Package. And..These Phites are Xtreeeeemely Systemic. The "005" & Kudos & SAver & Oxy are all Medium or Very Systemic when in this Tank-Mix. This Mix works very Synergistically..All Happy to be in the Tank together. We can even have Low-Rate Captan in this Mix if we want something with more Residual for ReDistribution on Apples for More Intense Scab Issues..??...like where there's a History of way too much Scab..??...
This Mix has been documented in a wide variety of Crops..Controlling *Phytophthora Root & Crown Rot.. *Scab.. *FlySpeck.. *SootyBlotch.. *BitterRot.. *BlackRot.. *Twig Blight.. *Anthracnose.. *Leaf Blight.. *Botrytis.. *FruitRot.. *Powdery Mildew.. *BrownRot.. *Downy Mildew.. *Alternaria Fruit Rot.. *Septoria Spot.. *Phomopsis.. *MummyBerry.. *Cherry Leaf Spot.. *Soft Bodied Insects[Oxy5.0 Kills on Contact]...
We start with these Applns early...1/4 Inch Green [QIG] ..and Stay on it consistently ... All of Us need to remember that FBlight Threats Do Not Stop at Petal Fall.
And.... Alot of Guys are doin this Super Tank Mix...and makin it look easy.
One Guy says he needs to 'Keep It Simple' for his Sprayn Helper Guys..??.. So he's spendin on average an Xtra $19-Acre on Every DiseaseControl Appln. 390 Acres... About $7400 Xtra per App..About 12 serious Apps for Disease...so like $90,000 a Season Xtra...
Me..??..Im spendin a little time showing my Guys how to do this right.
.Fall Herbicide Appln is a great place to use up some Very Old Chems that somebody advised you to get into the 'Old Chems Amnesty Program'..??... You can spend much less time and hassle getting those Gone on your own Land and in the right places...actually do you some good.

Talk Soon...
Stayn Locked & Loaded...
Stayn In His Peace....r
Always Intentionally Politically Incorrect On-Purpose....
Ron Reister C.C.A.
o.616-887-9933 Mobile.616-437-0073 Ron@Reisters.Net
Reisters Grower Services 14050 Fruit Ridge Ave., Kent City, MI. 49330
Web--Reisters.Net

10/10/2025

Good Afternoon
I am searching for CA Lime. Please call me if you have two extra pallets or if you need any? 616-678-7708! Thanks Nancy

09/12/2025

Fruit Ridge Notes
Friday - September 12 - 2025
Hey AgrBizz Pals and Grower Friends...

We are All Heart-Broken and Grieving the Assassination of a Great-Bold Christian Witness...Charlie Kirk.. 31 Yr.Old Christian Activist...Wonderful Husband and Father ...a Dearly BeLoved of the Christian Community...Murdered in Utah at a College Youth Gathering. The Assassin appears to be in Custody.... 😩🇺🇸🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🇺🇸😩..
The 10-Day Forecasters at WunderGroundWeather are Thinkn Lots of Sun...Mediocre Chance of a Splash of Rain Tomorrow Morning..Not Much... The High Temps Expected for the Next 12 Days All Mid-70°F's to Mid-80°F's....Early AM Lows all around 59*F. No Serious Winds... DayTime Humidities kinda High...DewPoints kinda Low...... Absolutely For Sure Yes... In our Post-Harvest Tanks for All Tree-Fruits..and Lotsa BerryCrops.. I'm doin *Zinc.. *Boron.. *ReDox Triplex Micro.. *VitaZyme*1 Pt.. *CS2005*1 Pt...*SaniDate 5.0 at 25-30 oz.Ac... And...We Always Take a few Minutes and carefully scrutinize the Inventory in the Spray Shed... You'll want to Do this when planning 'Post-Harvest-Tanks'... Look for the Partial Containers of all the Reeeeaaaaally Cheap NukeRoid stuff. Find your CS2005.. Find Partials of Fungicides..and Nutritions....And Apple Guys...Sevin XLR...or Carbaryl4L...Ain't Cheap...If I Have a Part-Jug..??..I might dump it in my 'Post' Tank. But I'm keeping the Jugs that are still sealed up in the Dry-Non-Freezing-Over-Wintering Room.
Ya can't really 'Legally' OverDo SevinXLR...The Label says we can use a Rate of 1-3 qts/Ac...Up to 8 Applns..Also says 15 Qts.Max-per-Season.. That's almost 4 Ga.. That would be approx $275-Ac..Soooo..Nobody is doing that ...
That Sevin/Carbaryl comes in Reeeaaaaally Handy between Petal-Fall & '1st Cover'...Sometimes we seriously 'Gotta Have It'...When/If We cannot see any Fruitlets getting loose after a cupla Thinning Applns... ....Thinning Apples...
I always remember what my Brother Bob always said..."The Goal is to get into the 'Cycle' that requires us to seriously Thin every Mid-May...We need to always make sure we are not Over-Cropped..If you end up with a crazy huge Over-Cropped' situation..You're assuredly gonna have all Juice Apples..and the following Spring you'll have Zero Fruit-Set"... 🤨🤔🥺..So...When you consider that scenario..Both of those years, you're certainly gonna lose serious money. ....You doin ReDox..??.. Did you try doing ReDox a few years ago and encountered some 'Mixing-Issues'..??.. I did hear about some of that ...but..now ReDox has almost all of their Key-Products in Liquid-Form...in 2.5 Ga.Jugs..No Xtra Cost..Veerrrry Wonderful.
ReDox has 35-40 Bio-Nutritional Products... They have covered all the Bases...
There are 2 or 3 of these that the ReDox Strategists use in 'Post Apps' on Tree Fruits and Berry Crops.
These ReDox Products employ a Complex of Carbons.. Humics.. L-Aminos.. All ReActed Plant Nutrient Components ..derived from their Proprietary Fermentation Process. Nobody else has Nutrient-Products formulated this way.
Our PNW Friend 'G.S.Long Co.' has done piles of really impressive Trials... Side-X-Side Trials with numerous other Nutrient "Programs"... ReDox always emphatically wins in these Trials...Impressively as several of the other 'Programs' cost A lot more per acre-season than the ReDox Strategy.
A lot of PNW & Great Lakes & Northeast Pals have 'Stopped-the-Bleeding'...Not doing any of the 'Dry-Granular-NPK+Micros-Bulk-Blended-Fertilizers' any longer. Those Cost Huuuuuuuuge Money and do Sooooo Very Little Good..and in many cases actually do soil harm.

All Property Owners are likely interested in signing the Petition "AxMITax"... Check Out 'AxMiTax.Org'...Petition to Stop All Property Taxes in Michigan. If you are a Registered MI.Voter..Please Sign. If you signed once already in the last several Weeks, please do not sign again..as it might Void the entire Page of signatures when the duplication is detected. These Petitions only circulate til the End of September..and if we have enuf Signatures, it should be on the Mid-Term Election Day, November 2026.
In 2023, there were 183,000 Michigan Property Owners facing tax foreclosure. The Deep State has made us all Perpetual Renters of our own Property. They have been outrageously holding our own Property Ransom on an Annual basis. Michigan is one of the worst.
In Florida, the 'State' does not collect any Property Taxes...but instead... it does have Laws that the Local *County *Township and *School Districts must adhere to ...to stop UnFair Taxes.....I am seriously saddened about how many Folks are not aware of who Charlie Kirk was... He was a Deeply Devout Christian..a great Husband and Father.. He was arguably the Best Debater Ever in History... Always Veeerrrry Successfully Debating Socialist-Leftists... A very strong Believer.. strong Constitutionalist...Very Patriotic... Charlie was 31 yrs. Old...Assassinated..Dead...his Soul Now in Heaven's Bliss. We Fervently Pray for his Wife Erica and their Beautiful Children..and for Charlie's Legacy... Our Awesome God has a Righteous, Compassionate, Loving, and very Supremely Divine Intelligent Plan... Bringing Charlie Home is Part of His Plan...

Wishing You All a Safe and Blessed Weekend.... In His Peace.....
Locked & Loaded...


Always Intentionally Politically Incorrect On-Purpose....
Ron Reister C.C.A.
o.616-887-9933 Mobile.616-437-0073 Ron@Reisters.Net
Reisters Grower Services 14050 Fruit Ridge Ave., Kent City, MI. 49330
Web--Reisters.Net

09/11/2025

If you’re seeing bitter pit this season, now’s the time to start planning ahead. Utilize Redox’s calcium technology to reduce the risk next year and protect your fruit quality.

09/04/2025

We’re proud to share that Mainstay® Calcium 2.0 is now Certified According to the Certified Biostimulant Program by The Fertilizer Institute 🎉

This certification highlights our commitment to efficacy, safety, and composition—giving ag retailers and growers confidence in choosing Mainstay Calcium 2.0. Learn more: https://loom.ly/MVrEc7w

09/02/2025

Please note our new hours:
Mon-Fri.
9am to 5pm.
Thank you

08/29/2025

We will be closing at noon today and will return on Tuesday, September 2. Be safe and enjoy the Holiday Weekend.

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Kent City, MI
49330

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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