Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

2000

Gladewater, Texas (Vital Earth Resources Research Center)

Variety:  unknown

Planting date:  summer 1998

Soil type:  very fine sandy loam

Vitazyme application:  leaf spray application of a 1% solution three times from mid-July to October

Leaf Chlorophyll:

Control: 25.5 SPAD Units
Vitazyme: 32.8 SPAD units (+7.3 SPAD units)

Number of leaves:

Control: 7
Vitazyme: 12 (+71%)

Fertilization:  none

Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

2001

Gladewater, Texas (Vital Earth Resources Research Center)

Planting date:  Summer 1998

Soil type:  Bowie fine sandy loam

Vitazyme application:  A leaf spray application of a 1% Vitazyme solution three times from June through September of 2001

Leaf Chlorophyll:

Control: 29.8 SPAD Units
Vitazyme: 30.2 SPAD units (+0.4 SPAD units)

Total Stem Length:

Control: 132 cm
Vitazyme: 338 cm (+156%)

Stem Circumference at 10 cm:

Control: 15.5 cm
Vitazyme: 18.0 cm (+16%)

Total Leaves:

Control: 8
Vitazyme: 23 (+188%)

Fertilization:  Both plants received a 6-inch layer of turkey manure compost (Vital Earth Premium Grade Compost) to about a foot in radius from the stem of the plants.

Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

2003

Los Angeles, Pasaje, El Oro, Ecuador

Variety:  Cavendish

Soil type:  unknown (alluvial)

Tree spacing:  standard

Cultivation system:  certified organic (BCS)

Vitazyme application:  Treatment 2 received 1 liter/ha each month, while Treatment 1 received 1 liter/ha every two months.

Live roots, total for 10 plants:

Control: 38.5 grams
Vitazyme: 80.5 grams (+109%)

Number of bunches:

Control: 35

Vitazyme monthly: 59
Vitazyme bimonthly: 80 (+129%)

Total bunch weight:

Control: 29.1 lb

Vitazyme monthly: 32.4 lb
Vitazyme bimonthly: 33.3 lb (+161%)

Fertilization:  Only certified organic fertilizer was applied to the treatments.  For unknown reasons the control received no fertility amendments during the trial period.

Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

2004

Biofabrica, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Variety:  FH1A-18

Soil type:  unknown

Potting soil:  unknown

Pot size:  unknown

Vitazyme application:  The Vitazyme treated plants were immersed in a 5 ml/liter (0.5%) solution at transplanting, and also received a 5 ml/liter (0.5%) foliar aplication at five days after transplanting.

Root Volume:

Control: 2.00 ml
Vitazyme: 4.58 ml (+129%)

Plant height:

Control: 4.50 cm
Vitazyme: 6.54 cm (+45%)

Number of leaves:

Control: 3.50/plant
Vitazyme: 4.93/plant (+41%)

Leaf width (largest leaf):

Control: 2.00
Vitazyme: 4.58 (+31%)

Fertilization:  unknown