Trial of bokashi seaweed ficosterra-g in tomatoes, Moruno de Aranjuez variety

UPDATED 01/15/2020

On 09/01/2018 we published an entry about a trial in Tomato Moruno and the Tagete herbaceous plant that we carried out in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid. This historic place is home to the so-called «Estufas del Retiro» nursery where there is a collection of 19 unique greenhouses in Spain. In this emblematic place, Ficosterra had the privilege of conducting a tomato trial, Moruno de Aranjuez variety and in Tagetes.

We tell you more details and graphic documents of the process after one year, although we can say that our products TRIPLED the production and improved, surprisingly, the quality of tomatoes. In the video and subsequent graphics, you can contrast the data.

The research effort of Francisco Javier Spalla, responsible for many years of the Estufas Nursery of El Retiro, allowed us to carry out this trial in the municipal Huerto. The objective was to know the growth and evolution of tomato seeds by applying our Ficosterra-g seaweed bokashi and the Ficosagro biostimulant against a universal substrate and worm humus. In this historic park of ​​Madrid, they did not know the effects of the application of algae on crops.

This research project was executed under the technical guidelines of Ficosterra and coordinated by Spalla with the support of the technicians of the CIE (Center of Information and Environmental Education of the Retreat) and the General Directorate of Green Heritage of the Environment and Mobility Area of ​​the City of Madrid.

Alejandro Martínez, technical manager of Ficosterra, together with the municipal technicians

Location, material and test method

Description of substrates and evolutionary data

• The seeds are planted on 03/08/2017 and the last tomatoes are finished harvesting on 08/03/2017, the date on which we end the trial.

SAMPLE IMAGES

Detalle grosor de los tallos

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The conclusions

The testimonies of the technicians responsible for the test are clear in this regard and this is stated in the video that we have offered: there is a clear increase in production in the control ficosterra (No. 3) compared to other substrates.

Although the evolutionary process of the German substrate plant (No. 1) has always been ahead of the rest, this has not resulted in increased fruit production.

Ecological substrates of earthworm humus (No. 2) and ficosterra-g algae (No. 3) have undergone an even evolution, but the results obtained have been different, reaching the algae substrate an “unbeatable” production in the words of the technician municipal.