Effect of a seaweed concentrate on acclimatization of in vitro grown plantlets of Kniphofia pauciflora and Scilla krausii

Kelpak, a seaweed concentrate prepared from Ecklonia maxima (Osbeck) Papenfuss, applied as a soil drench following the planting out of in vitro grown plantiets of Scilla kraussii Bak. and Kniphofia pauciflora Bak. significantly increased root growth and promoted plantlet establishment. It is suggested that seaweed concentrate can be used successfully and economically to aid in the acclimatization of in vitro grown plantlets.