Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

1998

Presque Isle, Maine

Variety:  unknown

Planting date:  July 6, 1998 (from seed)

Vitazyme application:  13 oz/acre of Vitazyme on the soil before emergence, and again at 13 oz/acre ten days before harvest

Days to first harvest:

Control: 105 days
Vitazyme: 85 days (20-day reduction)

Fertilization:  Base saturation was utilized on the Vitazyme treatment, with the following components (broadcast preplant): 250 lb/acre (NH₂)₄SO₄, 150 lb/acre NH₄NO₃, 200 lb/acre K₂SO₄, 15 lb/acre B (as 14% borate), and 35 lb/acre ZnSO₄.

Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

1999

Gladewater, Texas (Vital Earth Resources Research Center)

Variety:  Green Sprouting Calabrese broccoli

Seeding date:  January 13, 1999

Pot size:  four-inch

Potting media:  Mini-Pot Mix potting soil from Vital Earth Resources (fine pine bark, compost, sand, and minerals)

Vitazyme application:  Just after seeding, 10 ml of a 0.1% Vitazyme solution were added to each four-inch pot for appropriate flats.

Plant height:

Control: 21.76 cm
Vitazyme: 23.76 cm (+9%)

Fertilization:  none

Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

2000

Ventura County, California

Variety:  unknown

Planting date:  January 10, 2000

Planting rate:  one seed every 5 inches on 40-inch beds

Harvest date:  April 13 (92 days after planting).  The projected harvest date had been April 3.

Vitazyme application:  Vitazyme was applied three times to the leaves and soil at 13 oz/acre:  January 12 (2 days after planting), February 29 (48 days after planting), and March 23 (71 days after planting).

Head Weight:

Control: 391.9 grams
Vitazyme: 600.6 grams (+53%)

Vitazyme + fish: 501.6 grams

Head Diameter:

Control: 5.40 inches
Vitazyme: 6.80 inches (+26%)

Vitazyme + fish: 6.05 inches

Income Increase:

+$7,755.05/acre

Fertilization:  proprietary

Fish treatment:  10 gal/acre of actual fish, diluted 10:1, applied three times with Vitazyme

Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

2003

Gladewater, Texas (Vital Earth Resources Research Center)

Variety:  De Cicco

Planting date:  February 3, 2003

Soil type:  Vital Earth fine ultra blend potting mix

Measurement date:  March 16, 2003, 41 days after planting

Vitazyme application:  For Treatment 2, each pot received 25 ml of a 0.1% Vitazyme solution after planting.

Plant height:

Control: 20.05 cm
Vitazyme: 23.53 cm* (+17%)

*Significantly greater than the control at P=0.01 according to the Tukey-Kramer Test.  LSD_0.10=2.18 cm.

Leaf width:

Control: 6.39 cm
Vitazyme: 7.31 cm* (+21%)

*Significantly greater than the control at P=0.0001 according to the Tukey-Kramer Test.  LSD_0.10=0.51 cm.

Fertilization:  Each pot received 0.5 gram of a pelleted 13-13-13 N-P₂O₅-K₂O (+ micronutrients), timed release fertilizer equal to about 30 lb/acre of nitrogen, at planting to the pot surface.