Effect
Increased produce quality
Roots Plus treated Salvia, cv. Red Hot Sally, showed significantly increased plant height at 35 (+10.7%) days after transplanting and significantly increased flowering at 35 (+60%) and 54 (+44%) days after transplanting, compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Indoor, greenhouse, peat moss:vermiculite media (50:50), transplanted outdoors 14 days after first true leaf expansion, soil-grown
USA
Crop
Sage, Salvia officinalis
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