Effect
Increased produce quality
Hydrostim treated Snapdragon, cv. Yellow floral showers and cv. Red sonnet, grown in a greenhouse under normal conditions had a 11 % higher plant height, 20 % more shoots/plant, 10 % higher shoot length, 33 % more leaves/plant, 29 % more total leaf area, 59 % more flowers/plant, 7.8 % bigger shoot weight, 16.3 % bigger leaf weight, 12.5 % bigger flower weight, 28.5 % bigger underground weight, 40.9 % longer roots and 44.7 % more root volume compared to the untreated controls. (Results are the average of the different doses and application methods)
Trial details
indoor, heated greenhouse, mixture of potting subtrate and perlite, normal growing conditions
Italy
Crop
Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray or root drench
Timing
First application 45 days after transplanting, followed by 7 treatments every week till flower bud differentiation (8 treatments in total)
Rate
0.1 and 0.2 g/L, 150 mL solution/plant
2018
Effects of an animal-derived biostimulant on the growth and physiological parameters of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.)
Frontiers in Plant Science
9
1-12
Crop group
