Inside the Growth Optimization Program
From the first soil sample to the final measurement: how a GOP trial runs, the checkpoints along the way and the data growers receive at each step.
The challenge
Where this started
From the first soil sample to the final measurement: how a GOP trial runs, the checkpoints along the way and the data growers receive at each step.
Growers asked us the same question in different regions, so we set up a study that could answer it under real plantation conditions instead of in a greenhouse.
What we tested
Plot design and measurements
Each site had treated and untreated plots side by side, planted on the same day with the same clones. Our field team measured survival and height at fixed intervals and took soil and leaf samples along the way.
What it means for growers
The results are a starting point, not a recipe: soils, climates and species differ. Talk to our team about how the findings apply to your own sites, or join a trial through the Growth Optimization Program.
