This seed test commenced on May 7th, 2012. The goal of this test is
to check the efficiency of seed inoculation with three different soil
amendments, NitroMax manufactured by J&J Agri-products and Services
Inc. and System D Manufactured by AgraCo Technologies International, LLC
(also known as Potter's Mix) with the addition of Mycorrhizal Applications, Inc. Mycrorize as a dusting, and a control, in this instance water
only.
The points of the test will be:
1) Speed of germination
2) Heartiness of plant stalks
3) Size, and count of leaves
4) Size, and count of roots and feeder roots
5) Size and count of nodules
To
assure all four tests were conducted evenly, the same seedling medium
was used. Eco-co coir, a coconut husk medium was saturated with 6000 ml
of warm water.
All three were started in Fast Start seed starter
trays. with 24 - 2" cells per tray, in accordance with the manufacturers
directions.
The eight trays were filled with 1000ml of warm water, and then sprayed with their respective inoculents.
1 seed was added to each cell and pushed 1/4"-12" under the surface as
per the packet instructions. One packet of each seed was used to assure that
there were limited differences due to handling in manufacture.
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| Control |
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| Mycorrize |
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| Dusting seeds per instructions |
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| System D and Mycorrize |
