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In a commercial potato field trial in Shandong, China, Sunrise Soil Probiotic, an OMRI Listed and CDFA registered multi-strain microbial soil amendment of beneficial bacteria and fungi, raised tuber yield 31.43% (58,035 to 76,275 kg/ha, a gain of 18,240 kg/ha) and produced larger, more uniform potatoes. Both zones ran the same fertility program, with Sunrise the only added input.
| Metric | Untreated control | Sunrise treated |
|---|---|---|
| Tuber yield | 58,035 kg/ha | 76,275 kg/ha (+31%) |
| Yield gain | n/a | +18,240 kg/ha |
| Tuber size | Smaller | Larger |
| Size uniformity | Less uniform | More uniform, better packout |
Untreated control: potatoes from six random plants on the standard program, yielding 58,035 kg/ha with smaller, less uniform tubers and a more variable pack.
Sunrise treated: the same field with the microbial soil amendment yielded 76,275 kg/ha, a 31% potato yield gain, with larger, more uniform tubers and better packout.
The biggest yield gains usually come from pairing your standard potato fertilizer with a biological input that improves nutrient uptake at the roots. In this Shandong trial, adding an OMRI Listed microbial soil amendment to the field raised tuber yield from 58,035 to 76,275 kg/ha, a 31.43% increase over an untreated control.
Yield tracks how efficiently the crop takes up nutrients and how well the root zone develops. The treated field here reached 76,275 kg/ha against 58,035 on the control, a gain of 18,240 kg/ha. The beneficial bacteria and fungi in Sunrise colonize the root zone and free up bound nutrients, so the crop fills more and larger tubers.
That is exactly what this trial measured. Sunrise, a multi-strain soil amendment of beneficial bacteria and fungi, was the only differing input between the treated and untreated zones, and the treated zone produced 31.43% more potatoes by weight along with larger, more uniform tubers.
Yes. Sunrise Soil Probiotic is OMRI Listed and CDFA registered, so it fits organic and specialty potato programs, and it delivered a 31% yield lift in this head-to-head field trial. It adds living beneficial microbes to the soil rather than more synthetic salts.
In this trial Sunrise was applied twice at 45 g/ha of the 50 billion CFU/g formulation on a field transplanted at 48,000 plants per hectare. It is worked into your normal application schedule so the microbes establish in the root zone early and stay active through tuber bulking.
This was a commercial field trial in Shandong, China, not a lab plot. The treated zone outyielded the untreated control by 18,240 kg/ha under real production conditions, and the treated potatoes graded larger and more uniform for a better pack.
Yes. Sunrise is added on top of your existing NPK or fertility program, not as a replacement. The microbes improve how efficiently the crop uses the nutrients already applied, which is why the treated zone lifted yield without changing the rest of the program.
In this Shandong trial the treated field produced 31.43% more potatoes than the untreated control, a gain of 18,240 kg/ha, plus larger and more uniform tubers. Actual gains vary with variety, soil, and program, but the trial shows a clear lift in both yield and size from adding the microbial soil amendment.
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