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Plum crop nutrition programme

Yara's crop nutrition programmes can help you to achieve excellent crop performance and maximise the yield and quality of your plums.

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Yara agronomist advice on stone fruit

How to increase stone fruit number

Whereas the effect of nitrogen on the number of fruits per tree is not clear, particularly phosphorus and magnesium have been found to increase fruit number. Boron, iron and zinc also support higher yields by helping the tree to produce more fruits.

Reducing Storage Rots in Stone Fruit

Storage rots are caused by a range of pathogens including Botrytis cinerea, Geotrichum, Alternaria, Phomopsis, Penicillium sp, Rhizopus, Saccharomyces sp, and Cladosporium sp.

Stone Fruit – Application Strategies

It is important to incorporate good levels of phosphorus within the root zone before planting the orchard. In established orchards, dry-applied fertilizers can be broadcast across the soil surface or banded underneath the leaf canopy drip-line.

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Do you want to make better informed nutrient decisions ?

The farmer's toolbox is a collection of tools help you to make better nutrient decisions to choose the right fertiliser and apply the right amount of nutrients at the right time and in the right place so that the crop yield and quality are maximised whilst still keeping costs in check, avoiding over-fertilisation and protecting the environment.

N-Sensor - to variably apply nitrogen

N-Tester - to measure leaf nitrogen

ImageIT - for gai based nitrogen recommendations

Leaf analysis - to identify nutrient deficiencies

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