One can almost see the beanstalk in the fairytale “Jack and the Bean” growing right before your eyes. It grows to become a gigantic and healthy beanstalk for Jack.

Elkmont farmer Nobie Daly believes he has found the product he needed to grow his cotton, corn and soybeans just like Jack grew his beanstalk. He says his crops now grow even in times of extreme drought.

But that wasn’t the case when Daly planted his crops this year.

After two seasons of drought, the youngster was down and out on farming. His profit levels had dropped considerably and it was becoming hard to make a decent living farming.

That is when he decided to try Accele-Gro.

“I knew there were a lot of gimmicks out there on the market,” Daly said. “I know a lot of them were just that — gimmicks. It was hard to trust anything, but I decided to try one.”

Daly, the son of Limestone County Commissioner Gary Daly and Limestone Health Department Director Barbara Daly, said his brother-in-law, Bruce Emfinger, who is in the banking business near Auburn, told him about a product and wanted him to try it.

Daly who farms more than 1,000 acres of corn, cotton and soybeans in various sections of Limestone County, now vows by Accele-Gro, the product he used on his crops.

“My corn tripled in size and I’ve got a bumper soybean crop and a good looking cotton crop,” Daly said this week. “And bear in mind this all came during this summer’s drought and without irrigation. It’s all because of this new product I used. I say seeing is believing.”

To prove his point, Daly pulled two ears of corn from a field he treated with and without Accele-Gro. The one with Accele-Gro treatment was four times the size of the one without treatment.

The experts behind Accele-Gro say unique product is designed specifically to increase crop yields and improve quality of production. It has engineered ingredients that support farmers faced with crop stress and drought.

Based out of West Point, Ga., Accele-Gro is a new product of Accelegrow Technologies. They say it unlocks that genetic potential and substantially increases performance of anything that grows — food, fiber and forest. This encompasses leading market crops including cotton, corn, sugarcane, soybeans, hay, wheat grasses and trees. It has been proven especially effective in field tests in increasing carbon biomass for ethanol and bio-diesel conversion.

One gallon of Accele-Gro will treat 10 to 21 acres and the cost is just $8 per acre.

Exactly what is Accele-Gro?

It is comprised of analytically selected kelp varieties, nutrients, micronutrients, plant hormones, along with earth friendly minerals and other additives. These are combined with a proprietary stabilizer, activator and unique carrier system, which have multiple patents pending.

Accelo-Gro is not designed to replace fertilization, pesticide or herbicide applications, said one of its founders Dennis Knight.

“It was developed to work in synergy with traditional crop practices. It is an eco-friendly, organic based, revolutionary plant growth enhancer that provides significant crop yields, improved quality and lower production costs, while greatly increasing profitability,” Knight said.

“We actually started in the hunting industry with food plots and we have never seen a crop fail,” said Knight who is the executive vice president of Accelegrow Technologies Inc., of West Point, Ga. “We’ve increased yields as high as 140 percent.”

Accel-Gro is a liquid that must be sprayed. The seed is treated before being planted. Two other sprays are usually needed during the growing season.

Daly swears by it.

“It took me only three days to get a stand of corn,” he said. “My corn this year was sweeter and heavier than ever before. It has made a believer out of me.”

Mike Rutledge, a sales representative with Accele-Gro, said they have treated 40,000 acres with Accele-Gro since it has been on the market with no complaints.

It is now available at most Alabama Farmers Cooperatives.

“Our product builds a deeper root system and picks up moisture in the soil,” said Knight. “All we ask is for you to try it.”