Effect
Increased produce quality
Radifarm + Megafol+ VIVA + Benefit treated Pepper, cv. Vedrana, grown under normal agricultural practices had an increased average fruit yield (+9.2%), increased largest fruit weight (+5.6 %), increased smallest fruit weight (+9.1%) and increased average number of fruits per plant (+11.1), averaged across the three harvest, compared to the untreated control. The biostimulants application had most effect during the first harvest.
Trial details
Indoor, greenhouse, sown in polystyrene plug trays after 5 weeks transplanted in cocopeat, normal agricultural practices
Croatia
Crop
Pepper, Capsicum annuum L.
Trial application
Method
Radifarm and Viva: In nutrient solution; Megafol and Benefit: Foliar spray
Timing
Radifarm/Megafol: 2-3 weeks after sowing, and 2/4 times 4 weeks after sowing and after transplanting/ 5 weeks after sowing and 3 times 7-14-21 days after transplanting; Benefit/Viva: 3/2 applications after fruit set
Rate
Radifarm: 0.25 % solution, 60 mL/plant and 250 mL/plant; Megafol: 0.20 % solution; Viva: 0.25 % solution, Benefit: 0.30 % solution
2010
Influence of Biostimulants on Growth and Development of Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
Acta Agriculturae Serbica
14
83-88
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