Why it matters
Fast establishment captures light earlier and sets up yield; weak rooting at transplant compounds into season-long underperformance.
When it appears
At and just after transplant.
How to identify it
- Slow, uneven establishment after transplant
- Transplant shock and stalled growth
- Weak early root development
How to manage it
- Reduce shock with even moisture.
- Support rooting with Kelp Boost and Root Boost; activate biology with Charge Bioboost.
Recommended Vegalab program
Results you can mention: in side-by-side field trials, Charge BioBoost raised grapevine yield by ~50% (Tempranillo, alkaline soil; +23% more clusters, +21% heavier bunches, 32% fewer chlorotic vines), cherry-tomato yield by ~19% (with 36% more ripe fruit and 34% fewer aborted flowers), and Dutch-cucumber yield by ~12.5% (worth several thousand euros per hectare); a three-year tomato program lifted net tonnage well above the year-one baseline. Treated roots were markedly denser and well-mycorrhized where controls were not.
| Role | Product | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Transplant vigour | Kelp Boost | Improves transplanting success & rooting |
| Root acceleration | Root Boost | Fast new roots |
| Soil biology | Charge Bioboost | Active root-zone biology |
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