Foliar Spray

Agriculture
Written By Kirsti Davies

Some plants like a little food from above

Applying seaweed fertiliser as a foliar (leaf) spray to crops can:

  • improve growth and quality

  • increase nutrient content of the crop

  • improve ripening rate

  • activate disease resistant enzymes

Studies looking into foliar seaweed spray on:

Swiss chard plants: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044328X83800300

Corriander: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9162348/

Black gram beans: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2305050013601311

Tomatoes: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.9b04155

 

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