Why it matters
A plant that builds its frame quickly captures more light and sets up higher yield, but growth must stay sturdy, not soft.
When it appears
Early season, during canopy build.
How to identify it
- Slow canopy development and weak early growth
- Thin, stretchy stems
- Slow establishment and recovery
How to manage it
- Feed balanced (Vega Pro); push with Grow Boost; keep sturdy with Armour Boost (silicon).
Recommended Vegalab program
Observed results: in side-by-side trials against untreated control rows, Charge BioBoost raised Tempranillo grapevine yield by ~50% (Valladolid, Spain, 2016: 14,885 against 9,922 kg/ha on alkaline soil, +23% more clusters, +21% heavier bunches, 32% fewer chlorotic vines); cherry-tomato yield by ~19% (var. Genio, Sicily, Italy, 2015: 84,798 against 71,084 kg/ha, with 36% more ripe fruit and 34% fewer aborted flowers at day 80); and Dutch-cucumber yield by ~12.5% (var. Estrada, Granada, Spain, 2015-16: 119.2 against 106 t/ha). On processing tomato at Firebaugh, California, a three-year programme third-party tested from transplant to harvest and reported by The Agronomy Group took net tonnage from 58.39 tons/acre under the grower standard in year one to 76.93 in year three. Microscope imaging showed arbuscules and hyphae in treated roots and none in the untreated.
| Role | Product | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Early-season feed | Vega Pro | General-purpose early-season fertiliser |
| Vegetative push | Grow Boost | Amplified vegetative growth |
| Keep sturdy | Armour Boost | Silicon so growth stays strong |
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