Date

Location

Cultural System

Vitazyme/Fertilization

Results

2000

Newbery Springs, California

Variety:  unknown

Tree age:  10 days

Soil type:  light blow sand with high levels of boron in the subsoil

Vitazyme application:  (a) 13 oz/acre on the soil before bud initiation;  (b) 13 oz/acre at bud break;  (c) 13 oz/acre at early sizing;  (d) 13 oz/acre at nut gel to white

Comments:

The crop produced the largest size of nuts in the Newberry Springs Pistachio Asociation, and also the largest crop harvest in the Newbery Springs Pistachio Association.

The farmer stated:  "I estimate that this crop returned 250 times the cost of the Vitazyme.  This is based on the data given by the grower when he reordered 4 gallons of Vitazyme for the year 2001."

Fertilization:  unknown