| Date/Datum |
1999 / 2000 |
| Product/Produk |
Yield-Plus |
| Crop/Oes |
Type/Tipe |
Tomatoes |
| Variety/Varieteit |
P355 (Hygrotech) |
| Locale/Plek |
Roodehoogte Plase, Robertson, R.S.A. |
Rainfall/
Reenval |
Winter/
Winter |
ü |
Summer/
Somer |
|
Ave.
mm pa/
Gem. mm pj |
|
Soil quality/
Grond gehalte |
Excellent/
Uitstekend |
|
Good/
Goed |
ü |
Medium/
Gemiddeld |
|
Poor/
Arm |
|
Normal weather conditions/
Gewone weerstoestande |
|
Test period weather
conditions other than normal/
Toets periode weersomstandighede buitengewoon |
|
| Cooperator/Samewerker |
Mr Werner Saunders, Mr J Marais |
| Type of trial/Proeftipe |
Commercial Field |
Experimental design/
Proefnemings ontwerp |
0.5 ha treated with Yield-Plus
Control
0.5 ha treated with another product |
| Treatments/Behandelinge |
1. 600ml/ha 14 days before flowering
2. 300ml/ha 14 days later
3. 300ml/ha 14 days later
4. 300ml/ha 14 days later |
Applications/
Toedienings |
Qty/Hoeveelheid |
Four |
| Form/Vorm |
|
| Counts/Tellings |
Yield at harvest |
| Results/Uitslae |
| |
Treated |
Untreated |
Difference |
| Yield in kg/ha |
44280 |
31320 |
12960 |
| % |
141.4 |
100 |
41.4 |
|
| Conclusion/Gevolgtrekking |
Yield-Plus treated tomatoes realised
a substantially larger yield. |
Special comments/
Spesiale opmerkings |
Mr Saunders also found the treated
tomatoes to have a much sweeter taste.
Harvesting of the treated tomatoes started one
week earlier than the untreated and continued to
later in the season.
Treated tomatoes were more uniform in size. |
| Notes/Notas |
|