Effect
Decreased produce quality
Roots treated Turkish Hazelnut grown in containers filled with pine-bark substrate had a 76.1% smaller height growth, a 73.3% smaller stem diameter growth, had 73.5% less leaf dry mass and 54.3% less shoot dry mass, the roots were 85.9% shorter as compared to the untreated control. (All results were significant, but 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
Root soak
Timing
At transplanting
Rate
20 mL in 1 L water, 30 min root soak
1997
Humate-Based Biostimulants Do Not Consistently Increase Growth of Container-Grown Turkish Hazelnut
J. Environ. Hort.
15
197-199
Crop group