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Sugarcane in Java: 55% more harvest with EVERGREEN and ECOFERT

The trial compared three plots on clay soil: a control plot, one with 2.5 g of EVERGREEN per plant and one with 5 g, the last two also receiving the ECO biostimulant fertiliser.

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Results

What the trial measured

+55,4 %tonnage at 5 g per plant
+34,2 %tonnage at 2.5 g per plant
18 contre 14sucrose content at harvest (5 g against control)
128 cmstem height at 8 months, against 111 cm for the control

In pictures

Before and after: the measured difference

Tonnage harvested (t)
Control6 950 t
2.5 g per plant9 330 t
5 g per plant10 800 t
Sucrose content at harvest
Control14
2.5 g per plant16
5 g per plant18

How it works

The water stays where the plant needs it

Seeds germinate: the roots reach down for the water in the soil. Video : Wjh31, sped up — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Mixed into the soil near the roots, the water retainer fills up at every watering or rainfall instead of letting the water evaporate or drain away. It then hands the water back to the plant, day after day. You water less often, and the plant never goes thirsty between two waterings.

Trial sheet

Where, when, by whom

  • Crop : Sugarcane (variety B82.0333)
  • Place : Jember, Java, Indonesia
  • Period : February – July 2024
  • Run by : University of Jember and the Indonesian sugarcane research centre
  • Products : EVERGREEN (water retainer) and the ECO biostimulant fertiliser (ECOFERT)

Method

How the trial was run

  • Three quarter-hectare plots.
  • EVERGREEN buried near the roots when the cane is 3 months old.
  • ECO fertiliser sprayed at planting, 3 months later, then 8 months after planting.
  • Doses per hectare: 50 kg of EVERGREEN and 500 ml of fertiliser.

Observations

What to remember

  • Total tonnage: 6,950 t for the control, 9,330 t at 2.5 g per plant, 10,800 t at 5 g per plant.
  • Stem diameter at 8 months: 2.47 cm for the control, 2.78 cm at 2.5 g and 2.88 cm at 5 g.
  • Sucrose content: 14 for the control, 16 at 2.5 g and 18 at 5 g.
Sugarcane (variety B82.0333) — sugarcane
Photo : Timothy A. Gonsalves — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sugarcane (variety B82.0333) — sugarcane
Photo : Thamizhpparithi Maari — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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