+6% at ½ the water
Potato · Minnesota
University trial—yield gain under reduced irrigation.
For California growers & their advisors
Skeepon is a biostimulant that helps plants withstand heat, drought, and salt stress—so your stand establishes, survives the hottest part of the season, and yields. Commercialized, field-proven, and registered for use in California.
How it works
Most inputs try to manage the environment around a plant. Skeepon works differently: it prepares the plant itself to handle stress before it hits.
When plants lose water, they naturally produce acetic acid—a signal that switches on their own drought-survival machinery. Skeepon delivers that same signal safely, so the plant “remembers” how to tolerate drought and responds faster and more strongly when heat and water stress arrive.
This mechanism was discovered by our founding scientists and published in Nature Plants.
Kim et al. (2017), Nature Plants — Acetate-mediated survival strategy against drought →
Plants hold up through the hottest, driest stretch of the season.
Stronger transplant survival and stand—even in tough conditions.
Maintain yield under reduced irrigation.
Results
In a California trial where tomatoes were transplanted during the hottest part of the year, Skeepon-treated plants yielded about 30% more than untreated controls.
Los Baños, CA field trial.
“While other products try to change the environment around the plant, Skeepon changes the plant itself. It reduced transplant shock and helped with heat.”
University trial—yield gain under reduced irrigation.
Yield gain with a sidedress application.
Larger average head size.
Higher yield vs. untreated control.
+26% yield after two weeks without rain.
Higher total yield.
Results vary by crop, field, season, and conditions. Trial results shown are from Ac-Planta and partner field trials; some are preliminary. Trial-partner names and full data shown with permission.
Easy to apply
No new equipment, no complicated program. Skeepon goes on as a transplant drench in the greenhouse and through your existing fertigation or chemigation in the field. Here’s exactly how.
Greenhouse seedling application
video coming soon
Field fertigation application
video coming soon
In the news
A Yolo County grower turns to Skeepon against California heat and water stress.
Read →Additional press coming soon.
Additional press coming soon.
Resources
About
Ac-Planta brings a commercialized plant-science breakthrough to U.S. growers. Our technology began as award-winning research—published in Nature Plants—into how plants survive drought, and it’s now used commercially across multiple seasons.
Today we’re partnering with California growers, advisors, and universities to bring that same resilience to fields facing hotter, drier seasons and rising water costs.
Contact
Whether you’re a grower or a crop advisor, we’d like to hear what you’re up against this season. Reach our California team directly.
Email info@ac-planta.comor visit ac-planta.com