CRABLIFE POWDER
Drip Application on Strawberry
UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Balm, Florida
Oct 8, 2018 – Mar 14, 2019
Investigator: Dr. Shinsuke Agehara
Marketable yield (t/ha) |
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| Treatment | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Total |
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| Untreated | 0.38 | 0.78 | 1.25 | 10.03 B | 7.84 b | 20.29 B |
| CrabLife at 40 lb/acre | 0.56 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 11.66 A | 9.17 ab | 23.30 A |
| CrabLife at 80 lb/acre | 0.49 | 0.83 | 1.13 | 11.05 AB | 9.92 a | 23.43 A |
| Untreated vs. treatments (% changes) | 29-48%↑ | 6-11%↑ | 9-18%↓ | 10-16%↑ | 17-27%↑ | 15-16%↑ |
Pooled data |
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| All Crab Powder treatments | 0.52 | 0.85 | 1.08 | 11.36 | 23.36 | 23.36 |
| Treatment effects (AVOVA) | 0.5295 | 0.8641 | 0.7608 | 0.1257 | 0.0450 | 0.0857 |
| Untreated vs. all CrabLife treatments | 0.3120 | 0.6399 | 0.5286 | 0.0633 | 0.0209 | 0.0330 |
LSD test at P < 0.05 (lowercase letters) and P < 0.10 (uppercase letters).
*Contrast analysis was performed to test the pooled data.
SUMMARY:
- CrabLife treatments maintained healthy canopy growth and increased canopy area by up to 13% compared to the untreated control during the late growing season (123-151 DAT).
- CrabLife treatments increased Nov yield by 29% to 48%, but these increases were not statistically significant.
- CrabLife treatments significantly increased Feb and Mar yields by 10-16% and 17-27%, respectively, compared to the untreated control.
- CrabLife treatments significantly increased total marketable yield by 15-16% compared to the untreated control.
- Yield increases by CrabLife treatments were due to increased fruit set (11-21%↑).
- CrabLife treatment at 40 lb/acre increased the proportion of small fruit yield but decreased the proportion of disease fruit compared to the untreated control. The proportion of marketable fruit was unaffected by CrabLife treatments.
- Fruit Brix was unaffected by CrabLife treatments.
Strawberry Field Trial
Gulf Coast Research & Education Center
First Year Blackberry Primocane Yields
Soil amended with CrabLife Flake and rice bran;
drip irrigated with CrabLife Powder and compost tea
| Average market price: | $13/crate |
| Revenue increase: | $10,179/acre |
| Material cost: | $1,010/acre |
| Net to grower: | $9,169/acre |
CrabLife amended soil resulted in a 40% increase in marketable yield
Conventional Strawberry Grower Trials
Watsonville, CA, Summer 2016
Eight-week application period of CrabLife Powder plus compost tea through the drip irrigation at 2.5 lbs. per acre diluted in 1,000 gal. water applied twice weekly (40 lbs. total).
Plant City, Florida, Spring 2017
Eight-week application period of CrabLife Powder plus compost tea through the drip irrigation at 2.5 lbs. per acre diluted in 1,000 gal. water applied twice weekly (40 lbs. total).
Wimauma, Florida, 2017-2018
CrabLife Powder applied through the drip irrigation system at 5 lbs. per acre for 8 weeks beginning 2 weeks after transplanting (40 lbs. per acre total).