Effect
Increased produce quality
Kelpak 66 treated Swish chard, cv. Fordhook Giant, grown in a greenhouse without fertilizer addition had 116 % more leaf dry mass, 57.5 % more leaves, a 118.5 % bigger leaf area, the leaves contained 24.9 % more chlorophyll and had 100 % more root dry mass as compared to the untreated control grown in the same conditions. Kelpak 66 treated Swish chard, cv. Ford hook, grown in a greenhouse with addition of fertilizers had 25 % more leaf dry mass, 20.5 % more leaves, a 24.9 % bigger leaf area, the leaves contained 19.1 % more chlorophyll and had 58.6 % more root dry mass as compared to the untreated control grown in the same conditions with fertilizer addition.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, soil medium (sand:loam:peat moss 1:2:1), situation without fertilizers and an optimal cultivation (with fertilizers)
South Africa
Crop
Beet, Beta vulgaris L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment at transplanting, followed by 4 treatments with a 15-days interval
Rate
1:500 dilution, 20 cm3/plant
1983
The Effect of Seaweed Concentrate and Fertilizer on the Growth of Beta vulgaris
Z. Pjlanzenphysiol. Bd.
122
155-162
Crop group
