Effect
Decreased produce quality
MeneeFee WSP treated Turkish Hazelnut grown in containers filled with pine-bark substrate had no significant more height growth (-9.7%), stem diameter growth (-13.3%), leaf dry mass (-8.4%), shoot dry mass (-4.8%) or had no significant longer roots (-10.7%) as compared to the untreated control (There was no significant relation between the fertilizer rate and biostimulant treatment)
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, pine-bark substrate in 3.8L containers, 3 different slow-release fertilizer rates
USA
Crop
Turkish hazelnut, Corylus colurna L.
Trial application
Method
Substrate drench
Timing
At transplanting
Rate
2.5 mg dissolved in 180 mL water
1997
Humate-Based Biostimulants Do Not Consistently Increase Growth of Container-Grown Turkish Hazelnut
J. Environ. Hort.
15
197-199
Crop group
