The Netherlands
Botany
Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa)
TerraLife, FertiSoil 4-3-3, RootProtect
Objective
To evaluate the effect of different plant/soil improvers, fertiliser and biostimulants on the development of strawberry plants.
Treatments
The experimental setup consisted of randomized trial with nine treatments (including the control) with four replicates. The treatments tested are different types of plant improvers or biostimulants. The trial was organized by Botany.
| Treatment | Products |
|---|---|
| Control | None |
| Reference 1 | Plant improver - 10 L/ha |
| Reference 2 | Plant improver - 10 L/ha |
| Reference 3 | Liquid fertiliser - 200 ml/100L + biostimulant - 1 L/ha |
| Reference 4 | Biostimulant - 15 L/ha |
| Reference 5 | Biostimulant - 3 L/ha |
| Reference 6 | Biostimulant - 2 L/ha |
| Reference 7 | Biostimulant - 2 L/ha + biostimulant - 10-5 L/ha + biostimulant - 5 L/ha |
| GrowSolutions | TerraLife – 3 kg/m3 + FertiSoil 4-3-3 – 7 kg/m3 + RootProtect – 2 kg/ha |
Application of TerraLife, FertiSoil 4-3-3 and RootProtect:
- Leads to a significant increase in crop vitality, achieving the highest crop vitality in comparison to the control and all reference products.
Application of TerraLife, FertiSoil 4-3-3 and RootProtect has led to much higher plant vitality. At the end of the trial, the vitality achieved significantly higher score compared to the control and the other products used in the trial.
The application of TerraLife, FertiSoil and RootProtect significantly improves the crop vitality of strawberry plants. This could mean that TerraLife, FertiSoil 4-3-3 and RootProtect stimulate more vigorous and healthy plant growth in strawberry crops.
