Higher reported yield alongside lower fertilizer use and continued late-season blooming.

Art Heinemann counted 12 eggplants per Crop Booster plant, which the source reports as 30% more yield than prior years. He also reported using less fertilizer than ever before. By September, at the end of the farm's growing season, the treated plants were still blooming and were described as dark green and vigorous.

The supplied case study reports 12 eggplants per Crop Booster-treated plant and describes this as a 30% yield increase compared with prior years. Because no simultaneous untreated control yield or prior-year fruit count is supplied, the 30% figure is retained as a source-reported historical comparison rather than presented as a controlled side-by-side result. The grower also reports using less fertilizer than ever before, but no fertilizer application rate, quantity, cost, or percentage reduction is provided. Plant color, vigor, continued blooming, and eggplant quality are qualitative observations. The source does not provide harvested weight per acre, average fruit weight, Brix, shelf life, fertilizer savings in dollars, or other economic-return measurements.

Why this matters for eggplant growers: The primary commercial observation at Edible Acres was 12 eggplants per treated plant, reported as 30% above prior-year production, while the grower was using less fertilizer than ever before. The plants were also still blooming at the end of the local growing season and were described as dark green and vigorous.