Effect
Increased produce quality
Roots Plus treated Impatiens, cv. Parade of Stars/New Guinea Tango, showed on average significantly increased plant height at 35 (+30.7%) and 63 (+23.6%; only Parade of Stars significant) days after transplanting and significantly increased flowering at 35 (+300%; only Parade of Start significant), 54 (+70%) and 63 (+19.5%) 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
Impatiens, Impatiens hawkeri
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
