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HOUSTON, TEXAS, November
1, 2004 – While California
tomato growers struggle to survive the recent storms that
have ruined this year’s crop, a new Crop Health therapy
might be the answer to a successful and abundant crop next
year. Recent studies conducted in California showed tomato
plants drip irrigated with Stoller® Crop Health therapy
products produced 30 percent to 60 percent more marketable
yield than plants in control plots. The treated tomato plants
also showed an increase in plant and root vigor with twice
the root mass and double the stem diameter than the control
plants.
The Woodland, Calif. study, conducted by the independent
research firm Beem Consulting, included plots treated weekly
with Stoller Crop Health therapy product Root Feed™ and
the nutritional product Harvest More™ Urea Mate. Beem
studied root development, plant growth, yields, and crop
quality.
“The California tomato processing industry wants a tomato
crop that yields high tonnage, but more importantly, they
want a crop that yiel |
