Greenhouse Pepper Trial: Multi-Strain Trichoderma Beats Commercial Benchmark on Roots and Yield

Results at a glance

The problem

Growers operating intensive soil and hydroponic pepper production systems were experiencing weak root development, transplant stress, uneven establishment, and inconsistent plant performance under standard nutrient programs alone. Limited rhizosphere activity and insufficient microbial support reduced nutrient uptake efficiency, slowed early growth, and negatively impacted plant survival and yield potential under intensive production conditions. The trial evaluated whether Multi-Tricho, a high-CFU OMRI Listed multi-strain Trichoderma inoculant of beneficial soil fungi, could outperform both untreated controls and a leading commercial Trichoderma benchmark on root development, transplant survival, vegetative growth, and final pepper yield. Treated plants, untreated controls, and competitor-treated plants were compared head-to-head under matched intensive growing conditions to isolate Trichoderma strain composition as the differentiating variable.

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