Effect
Increased produce quality
Roots Plus treated Aubergine, cv. Burpee Hybrid, showed significantly increased plant height (+31.6%) and fruiting (+135%) 35 days after transplanting, increased flowering (+100%) and fruiting (+89%) 54 days after transplanting and increased plant height (+18.0%), flowering (+45%) and fruiting (+43%) 63 days after transplanting compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Germination: indoor, greenhouse, peat moss:vermiculite media (50:50); Transplanted outdoors 14 days after first true leaf expansion: outdoor, unprotected, soil grown, usual cultivation
USA
Crop
Eggplant, Solanum melongena
Trial application
Method
In watering solution
Timing
First application at transplanting, followed by a monthly treatment
Rate
1.0 % (V/V)
2008
The Use of a Commercial Organic Biostimulant for Field-Grown Bedding Plants
Journal of Home & Consumer Horticulture
1:1
95-110
Crop group
