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Case Study Carrot Overview Crop Tested: Carrots Date of Trial: March 2011 to August 2011 Purpose of Trial: The purpose of this trial was to test whether the addion of BioFlora® products would increase yield, crop quality and soil lth versus a grower’s standard ferlity program. Trial Set Up: 100 acres, equally divided into two secons. Pivot irrigaon. Locaon: Lancaster, California Invesgators: Suad Dalipagic, BioFlora® Sales Representave, Farm Manager and Harvest Foreman. Background Soil Depth: The edible poron of the plant is the taproot. Fields should be lled to a 30cm (12 inch) depth to ensure that root penetraon is not restricted. Raised beds warm more quickly in the Spring, promong faster emergence. Irrigaon: Adequate amounts and proper ming of water are crical for germinaon and root development. Lack of water or inconsistent watering will lead to woody flavored carrots, irregular growth pa8erns and misshapen or forked roots. Diseases: Scleronia - caused by the disease Scleronia sclerorum is a significant plant pathogen that is present in both the field and in storage. Recent research has shown that BioFlora® products may help with the suppression of Scleronia sp.. Pictures Soil Condions: Carrots favor well-drained, fine textured soils with a good water-holding capacity. Sandy to loamy soils are preferable for commercial carrot producon. Crusng: Carrots seedlings are very weak and do not tolerate soil crusng. Crusng of the soil surface will prevent seedlings from emerging. The applicaons of BioFlora® products to the seedbed at the me of planng will increase the prevenon of soil crusng versus sulfuric or infuric acids, while promong higher germinaon rates. Seedbed preparaon: To eliminate clods that interfere with uniform root growth, apply BioFlora® products at pre-plant to greatly reduce clod formaon and to create a more friable soil. Above: BioFlora treated carrots (on le) versus Control field carrots (on right), noce larger size of the taproot. Copyright ©2013 Global Organics LLC Proprietary and Confidenal Methods Pictures Control Field: In this trial, the grower used a convenonal ferlizer program based on the use of UN-32. Rates of applicaons were not disclosed. BioFlora® Field: In this trial, the BioFlora® test field received applicaons of the BioFlora® products Humega®, GOgreen®, BioFlora® 5-17-4, BioFlora® 5-4-2, Fulmega™ 1% Mg, BioFlora® 0-0-25, BioFlora Seaweed Creme®, Minera™ and DynaMega® 2-1-1 throughout the growing season. Rates of applicaons varied per product. The grower standard NPK ferlity program on this field was reduced by 50% versus the control field. Results Above: Control field carrots; the excessive amounts of dirt on the harvested carrots will lead to higher harvest cost. Yield: The BioFlora® treated field produced 100 tons of carrots per acre versus the control field’s 65 tons per acre. Cost: The BioFlora® treated field had a cost of $389 per acre verses the control field’s $410 per acre. Nitrogen Reducon: The BioFlora® treated field received 66% less nitrogen than the control field throughout the crop cycle. Observaons: The BioFlora® treated carrots were cleaner (produce had less dirt), longer carrots and greater weight at harvest. The BioFlora® field carrots pulled out of the soil easier, as the soil was more friable with more aggregates. The treated field harvested two weeks earlier than the control field. Above: BioFlora® field carrots; carrots with less dirt will lower the harvest cost for the grower. BioFlora® 16121 W. Eddie Albert Way Goodyear, AZ 85338 Phone: (623) 932-1522 www.bioflora.com