Effect
Increased produce quality
No effect on produce quality
HumiPlant treated Potato cv. ‘Denar’, ‘Lord’,‘Miłek’, grown over three consecutive growing seasons, showed on average no significant difference in tuber number per plant (+2.3%), increased tuber weight per plant (+9.5%), no difference in average tuber weight (+6.6%), increased total tuber yield (+8.1%), increased marketable tuber yield (+7.4%) and no differences in percentage weight of tubers with diameter: <30 mm (+12.5%), 31-40 mm (+11%), 41-50 mm (+1.5%), 51-60 mm (-17.6%) and > 60 mm (-5.1%) compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Outdoor, soil grown (Luvisol), three consecutive growing seasons, common agricultural practices
Poland
Crop
Potato, Solanum tuberosum L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First application at BBCH 14-16, followed by a second application one week later
Rate
2 L/ha
2020
Possibility of increasing early crop potato yield with foliar application of seaweed extracts and humic acids.
Journal of Central European Agriculture
21 (2)
300-310
Crop group
