Veggies - Lettuce "Quality yield" with Vegro®

[T1] PROGRAM FOR THIS TRIAL

App 1

0.5 Pint/Acre

Starts at 4-5 leaves

App 2

0.5 Pint/Acre

7 DA App 1

App 3

0.5 Pint/Acre

7 DA App 2

App 4

0.5 Pint/Acre

7 DA App 3

App 5

0.5 Pint/Acre

7 DA App 4

App 6

0.5 Pint/Acre

7 DA App 5

TREATMENTS

• From November to December 2016 in open field.

• Plants were staked and maintained at a commercial level with fertilizer/insecticide/fungicide (liquid fertilizer through drip every 3 days).

• No fungicides applied for the duration of the trial. In head count,

• [T0] is the Grower Standard (untreated)

• [T1] is the Grower Std + Vegro® (treated)

• Foliar Applications: 6 applications (A-F) @ 0.5 pint/acre. Total 3 pints or 1.5 Quarts or 0.375 Gallon

AGRONOMIC PROTOCOL

• Location: Florida; Better crops research farm; Block 11, section N, beds 7-9.
• Investigator: Phd John Curtis
• 31 days treatment (1 month)
• Initiation date: Nov-2nd-2016
• Completion date: Dec-14th-2016
• Trial reliability: HIGH

METHODOLOGY

• Plastic beds (32inch top, 6 inch tall) were prepared  on a 6ft row spacing. Head lettuce (cv. chosen) were hand seeded into two rows/bed (12 inch plant spacing) on 9/29/2016. Plants were thinned to one (1) plant/hole before spray.
• Each plot was 30 ft in length x 3 bed (30 ft length x 18 ft width)
• Each treatment was replicated four (4) times.
• Foliar Applications: 6 applications (A-F) @ 0.5 pint/acre. Total 3 pints or 1.5 Quarts or 0.375 Gallon

EVALUATION (Head count)

• Marketable harvest
• Number of marketable heads was counted in each plot at 5 DAF
• The cumulative fruit count and weight was also tabulated at 21 DAH

PHYTOTOXICITY

Plants were examined for signs of phytotoxicity (stunting, discoloration etc.) at 5 DAF and using a 0-100% rating scale; 0 = no phytotoxicity and 100% = dead plants.