Strawberries
Acadian Plant Health™ (APH™) seaweed extract products give strawberry growers more to pick from!
Heat stress and salinity, often encountered during strawberry plants growth, detract from optimum yields. Multiple bioactive compounds in APH™ seaweed extract all play a role in the environmental stress tolerance seen in treated crops. That is why strawberry plants treated with APH™ seaweed extract tolerate adverse environmental conditions better. In addition, it enhances the formation of small absorptive roots and root tips to increase root growth, which facilitates greater uptake of water and nutrients.
BENEFITS FOR STRAWBERRIES INCLUDE:
- Improved root growth and plant establishment
- More crowns per plant
- Enhanced abiotic stress resistance
- Increased marketable yield
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN, FIELD-TESTED SOLUTIONS
IMPROVED ROOT GROWTH
HYDROPONIC STRAWBERRY TRIAL
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
Treated strawberry plants grown in a hydroponic system had larger roots with more secondary roots and root hair, which enables the plants to uptake more nutrients.
IMPROVED EARLY PLANT DEVELOPMENT
STRAWBERRY TRIAL ‘PROPRIETARY VARIETY’
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
In California, summer berries experience heat stress during their growing season. This picture of summer berries was taken nine weeks after planting. The plants treated with APH™ seaweed extract came out of dormancy earlier and grew more vigorously under hot conditions.
MORE CROWNS
STRAWBERRY TRIALS ‘PROPRIETARY VARIETY’
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
In five trials conducted over a decade, APH™ seaweed extract enhanced crown division. More crowns per plant indicate a higher potential for increased fruit number and yield.
Means followed by the same letter are not different, Duncan’s New MRT, p=.04
IMPROVED ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
STRAWBERRY TRIAL ‘PROPRIETARY VARIETY’
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
Strawberries treated with APH™ seaweed extract tolerate salinity stress better, as evidenced by less salt burn and better overall plant development of the treated transplants.
INCREASED MARKETABLE YIELD
STRAWBERRY TRIALS ‘PROPRIETARY VARIETY’
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
Enhanced rooting and crown development together with improved tolerance to environmental stresses resulted in improved yield of strawberries treated with APH™ seaweed extract. This effect was observed consistently throughout the six field trials spanning a decade.
Means followed by the same letter are not different, Duncan’s New MRT, p=.04.