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Science Driven Nutrition™
Improves Crop
Quality and Yield - Bloom to Petal Fall
Apple growers who want to maximize their marketable economic yield
must capitalize on limited opportunities to positively impact the crop.
Science-Driven Nutrition™ empowers growers with the information, tools,
and roadmap they need to succeed throughout the season.
When integrating a foliar nutrition program, the bloom through petal fall
period is a critical window of opportunity and Agro-K's pollinator friendly
products have a strong fit. This is when the crop begins to enter fruit cell
division, and the right mix of nutrients are required to support and
energize this process.
During this point of the season growers can have a significant number of
products in the tank. Science-Driven Nutrition™ ensures growers only
apply the nutrients necessary to produce consistently high-quality apples.
Using sap analysis testing, growers quickly learn what their crop needs to
perform its best, ultimately saving time, money, and tank mix conflicts.
Certain nutrients are critical at this stage. Calcium, for example,
optimizes the bloom window and maximizes pack out at the end of the
season. Effectively applying foliar calcium using products like Agro-K's
Sysstem Cal and Vigor Cal require growers to appreciate the limited
timeframe for getting the nutrient into the fruit.
Calcium applied from pre-bloom until four-to-six weeks post-petal fall can
positively impact the fruit cells that are forming within the apple. After cell
division ends, calcium applications help to maintain the crop's nutrient
levels from depleting but do not influence the fruit cell development.
When boron is combined with the calcium applications, such as with
Agro-K's Vigor Cal-Bor-Moly, there is a synergistic effect that increases
the uptake of both nutrients. Boron is essential for pollen viability, pollen
production and flower health making Agro-K's Top Set DL another ideal
tool for this window of opportunity.
During fruit cell division phosphorus helps energize the crop and maximize
fruit size. To ensure foliar uptake it is important to use a 100% ortho
phosphorus based, food grade product such as Agro-K's AgroBest 9-24-3.
Balanced with nitrogen to ensure continuing development, and a minimal
amount of potassium to avoid antagonizing calcium, AgroBest 9-24-3
provides the essential nutrition needed for bloom and early fruit formation.
To help maximize their investment in crop nutrition, Agro-K sets growers
up to make smart decisions using Five Rs: The Right nutrient applied at
the Right time in the Right form in the Right mix targeting the Right
location in the plant. Science -Driven Nutrition™ is implemented to
determine crop nutrient levels and foliar product applications ensuring
the apples get what they need to thrive.
For more information on using science-driven nutrition to helpyour crop
flourish throughout the season, visit www.agro-k.com.
Science-Driven Nutrition™
In Michigan product available at
CORPORATION
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800-328-2418 * www.agro-k.com
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