HCT UNIVERSITY · CASE STUDY · PROCESSING TOMATOES
WaterSOLV™ + Bactor Boost grew 29% more tons per acre than the grower's standard program.
A commercial processing-tomato trial put four programs on the same field and scored them on the same harvest metrics: the grower's control, Sulfuric acid + BioFlora, ClearWater + ProMaxx, and WaterSOLV™ + Bactor Boost. WaterSOLV™ finished first on tonnage, paid tonnage, Brix, color, and defects.
Commercial field trial · 81.6 acres across four programs · scored on net tons, paid tons, Brix, color, pH, and five defect categories.
THE TRIAL
Four programs, one field, one scorecard.
Each program ran on its own block of the same commercial tomato field: the grower's control on 23.93 acres, Sulfuric acid + BioFlora on 20.40, ClearWater + ProMaxx on 17.67, and WaterSOLV™ + Bactor Boost on 19.57. Every load was weighed and graded the same way at the processor.
That structure is what makes the result useful. Nothing about the scoring favored one program, so the separation between them is the separation a grower would see on the paid ticket. Single-season commercial trial, four unreplicated blocks, grower and processor scale data; year and location are not documented in the available source material.
Processing tomatoes at harvest. In the trial, the WaterSOLV™ + Bactor Boost block shipped 1,438 paid tons from 19.57 acres; the grower's control shipped 1,340 from 23.93.
HEADLINE RESULTS
More tons, more paid tons, better fruit.
Yield alone can hide value left in the field. WaterSOLV™ + Bactor Boost led on every measure that reaches the grower's check: tonnage, paid tonnage, and grade.
+29%
More tons per acre
76.86 net tons per acre with WaterSOLV™ + Bactor Boost against 59.46 on the grower's control program.
Full scorecard below ↓
+31%
More paid tons per acre
73.49 paid tons per acre against 55.98 on control. On 4.4 fewer acres, the WaterSOLV™ block still shipped 99 more paid tons in total.
Full scorecard below ↓
5.11 Brix
Sweeter fruit, better color, fewer defects
Brix 5.11 vs. 4.85, color 24.75 vs. 22.78, green fruit 0.47% vs. 0.69%, and mold 0.24% vs. 0.60% against the control.
Full scorecard below ↓
THE OTHER THREE PROGRAMS
The conventional programs moved the needle. WaterSOLV™ moved it further.
GROWER'S CONTROL
59.46 net · 55.98 paid tons/acre
Brix 4.85, color 22.78, green fruit 0.69%, mold 0.60%. The baseline every other program was measured against.
WHY IT WORKED
Fix the water, unlock the soil, feed the biology.
WaterSOLV™ Curative was injected through the irrigation water at a rate set from the water analysis, and Bactor Boost was applied to build the soil biology behind it. Together they changed what the root zone could deliver, not just what was applied on top.
01
Water that moves and dissolves
Curative neutralizes bicarbonates and sodium pressure so irrigation water infiltrates instead of sealing the surface and binding the profile.
02
Nutrition unlocked from the soil
Tied-up calcium, phosphorus, and micronutrients go back into solution where roots can use them, so the crop draws on what the field already holds.
03
Bactor Boost builds the biology
A healthier, better-oxygenated root zone supports the microbial activity that cycles nutrition and keeps plants working through fruit set and fill.
AT HARVEST
More paid tons
73.49 paid tons per acre, 31% ahead of control and 24% ahead of the best conventional program.
IN THE FRUIT
Higher Brix and color
5.11 Brix and 24.75 color, the strongest quality readings of the four programs.
ACROSS THE LOAD
Lower defect pressure
The lowest green fruit, mold, and limited-use percentages in the trial, with zero worm damage.
THE FULL SCORECARD
“More of the crop stayed paid.”
DEFECTS
Green, mold, worm, MOT, and limited use
Green fruit 0.69% · 1.18% · 1.36% · 0.47%. Mold 0.60% · 0.28% · 0.38% · 0.24%. Limited use 0.48% · 0.33% · 0.45% · 0.28%. Worm 0.01% or less on every program.
0.47% green
vs. 0.69% on control · mold 0.24% vs. 0.60%
GET ON THE PROGRAM
Put WaterSOLV™ to work on your acres.
Start with a Legacy Analytical water and soil analysis. HCT sizes WaterSOLV™ Curative and Bactor Boost to your water, your soil, and your crop stage, then walks you through the first season. The trial above is what that program looked like on processing tomatoes.
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HCT, LLC · HCT University · Tomato Trial Case Study · Scottsdale, Arizona