Effect
Increased produce quality
Roots Plus treated Pepper, cv. Park's Early Thickset, showed significantly increased plant height at 30 (+10.7%), 35 (+16.8%), 42 (+17.8%), 63 (+10.9%) and 79 days (+23.1%) after transplanting, had significantly increased flowering at 30 (+233%), 35 (+270%), 42 (+96%), 54 (+189%), 63 (+78%) and 79 days (+26%) after transplanting and had significantly increased fruiting at 35 (+380%), 42 (+300%), 54 (+198%), 63 (+96%), 79 (+56%) and 117 days (+55%) 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
Pepper, Capsicum annuum L.
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
