Effect
Increased produce quality
Stimple treated Pepper plants, cv. Thai Hot, grown in optimal conditions had a bigger stem diameter (+24%), were taller (+36%), had more leaves (+11%) with a bigger leaf area (+48%), had more flowers (+13%), more chlorophyll (+14%), more shoot fresh (+30%) and more shoot dry weight (+16%) and more root fresh weight (+28%) compared to the untreated control plants. Soil drench treatments had more effect then foliar sprays, only the 2 highest doses gave significant results. The soil drench treatment of a dose of 0.75 mL/L gave the best result, see results in parentheses.
Trial details
outdoor, polytunnel, peat/perlite substrate (4:1), optimal conditions
Turkey
Crop
Pepper, Capsicum annuum L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray or soil drench
Timing
First treatment 3 days after transplanting 4-week-old seedlings, followed by a treatment with a 10-days interval till the end of the experiment
Rate
0.25, 0.50, 0.75 or 1 mL/L water; Foliar spray: until run-off, soil drench: 100 mL/pot
2019
Enhancement of growth in ornamental pepper (capsicum annuum L.) plants with application of a commercial seaweed product, Stimplex
Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
17
4361-4375
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