Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

1996

Albion, New York

Variety:  Bolero

Seeding date:  May 28, 1996

Seeding rate:  210 lb/acre

Row spacing:  7.5 inches

Previous crops:  field corn

Harvest date:  July 24, 1996

Vitazyme application: Vitazyme at 12 oz/acre, on the leaves and soil, when the peas were 4 to 6 inches tall; a second application of 12 oz/acre was applied at early flowering along with 1 gal/acre of 9-18-9 in 20 gal/acre of water.

Pea Yield:

Control: 4,000 bu/acre
Vitazyme: 4,710 bu/acre (+18%)

Fertilization: The control area of the field received 400 lb/acre of 10-20-20 (%N-P₂O₅-K₂O), preplant incorporated.  The Vitazyme treated area received 300 lb/acre of high calcium lime, 100 lb/acre of ammonium sulfate, and 100 lb/acre of 10-20-20, preplant incorporated.