Day 54
Fruit Already
February 23, 2012 Category: The Garden Spout 1 Comment 
Well, Deep Water Culture does it again!
After counting Flower-Sites I peeked under the leaves of the HydroRush treated Pepper Plant in DWC, look what I found = the early development of a Pepper = Fruit!
Since I don’t have any children, I can imagine how this is how it feels at the arrival of your “First Born” child…just guessing.
As I mentioned, I was doing my now least favorite thing and counted Flower-Sites and Flowers yesterday and while the untreated Pepper Plants now had more Flower-Sites, the HydroRush treated plants had 139% more Flowers and one early Fruit on the DWC sample.
Hmmm, what was it again that we wanted to produce more of? Click on the photo above to see why; really big.
Oh yea = Flowers and Fruit Yields!
See below the untreated DWC pepper plant for comparison.
This is what the Hydroton Pepper Plants look like today.
Hydroponic (Hydroton) Leaf-Set and Flower-Site Data: (02.23.2012)
| . Plant | HydroRush Flower-Sites | . Flowers | Untreated Flower-Sites | . Flowers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| 6 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 5 |
| 7 | 13 | 9* | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 12 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| 14** | ||||
| 15 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| Total | 149 | 71 | 201 | 51 |
| Average | 10.6 | 5.0 | 14.4 | 3.6 |
| Difference | 139% | 135% |
* Early Flower
** Plant pulled for root examination
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Fruit Already”