+71% harvestable stems and $9,468 added revenue per 600 m2
Request a QuoteA commercial cut-rose grower in the flower sector near Bogota, Colombia wanted to increase stem production on eight-year-old Freedom variety roses heading into the Valentine's Day window, without changing the existing nutrient or crop-protection program. The trial evaluated whether an ABI microbial consortium of beneficial bacteria and fungi could increase harvestable stem count under commercial greenhouse conditions. Control and treated plots were matched on lot, phenological stage, row count (20 rows each), and area (600 m2 each). The consortium was applied as a weekly root-zone drench for 8 weeks, with daily stem counts recorded across a 41-day harvest window from December 12, 2019 through January 22, 2020.
The untreated control plot produced 11,060 harvestable stems across the 41-day period from 600 m2. In cut-rose production, stems per square meter is the core productivity metric, and harvest timing relative to peak-demand windows like Valentine's Day directly determines revenue. At the Valentine's 2020 price of $1.20 per Freedom stem, the control set a baseline tied to both volume and timing.
The treated plot produced 18,950 harvestable stems over the same 41-day period, 7,890 additional stems and a 71.3% increase from a matched 600 m2 block. At $1.20 per stem, those additional stems represented $9,468 in incremental revenue from a single 600 m2 block over one harvest window, during a commercially critical sales period.
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