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Kenya — capsicum and tomato under glass

Humate alone against the recommended rate of DAP fertiliser. Germination went from one in ten to ten in ten.

Glasshouse trials in Kenya in 2024 recorded substantial yield gains in tomatoes and peppers. The capsicum replication below sets the positive control — di-ammonium phosphate at the recommended rate — against plots given nothing but extract.

A bare plot of red soil with sparse capsicum seedlings and a Treatment T marker
Treatment T — DAP at recommended rate
Germination 10%
A dense plot of leafy capsicum plants around a Treatment H marker
Treatment H — humate extract only
Germination 100%
Capsicum Calypso, replication 3. Same soil, same sowing.
MeasureDAP controlHumate only
Germination10%100%
Height18 cm29.3 cm
Leaves1431
Circumference5.7 mm8.95 mm
Shoots716
Dead00

Note what this trial does not use: no , no . This is the liquid extract alone — the part of the system that fits in a container and ships anywhere.

Source — Zander glasshouse trials, Kenya, 2024

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