Treated trees averaged 15 cm taller and began flowering after 26 days.

The Crop Booster-treated tangerine trees were reported to grow 30% faster than the control trees. They also averaged 15 centimeters taller, produced more leaves and began flowering after 26 days of treatment.

The supplied case reports that Crop Booster-treated tangerine trees demonstrated a 30% higher growth rate than control trees. However, the underlying growth measurements used to calculate that percentage are not supplied, so the 30% figure cannot be independently recalculated. The source does provide a direct height comparison, reporting that treated trees averaged 15 centimeters taller than the control trees. Treated trees were also reported to begin flowering after 26 days and to produce more leaves, but exact control flowering dates, flower counts and leaf counts were not provided. The farmer's statement that approximately two-month-old treated trees resembled three-month-old trees is retained as a grower observation rather than a quantified acceleration of physiological age. The brighter green foliage is also presented only as a visual observation; no SPAD, chlorophyll, NDVI, tissue analysis or other measurements were supplied to support the original claim that brighter pigment demonstrated significantly healthier plants. No yield, fruit count, fruit weight, fruit size, Brix, fertilizer-use, pesticide-use, irrigation, production-cost, revenue or economic-return data were provided.

Why this matters for citrus growers: This La Calera Farm case documents accelerated early development in young tangerine trees. Crop Booster-treated trees averaged 15 cm taller than the control and had already begun flowering after 26 days, while the source also reports a 30% higher overall growth rate.