As we approach the coming season and bud break, we need to ensure that we give our tree crops the best chance to maximise yield and quality in the coming season.
Research has shown that calcium availability and micronutrient uptake are the key factors to create greater fruit-set and cell-division, resulting in higher quality, firmer fruit at harvest.
Boost nutrient availability at flowering
By use of amino acid or sugar alcohol chelate forms of calcium, boron, manganese and zinc during flowering, we can increase the concentration of these nutrients in the bud and flowers to improve their availability at this critical stage of fruit development.
This will in turn increase the number of cells in each piece of fruit to maximise the sizing capability of the fruit, resulting in a firmer, more nutrient dense piece of fruit with a longer shelf-life, and a higher tolerance to disease throughout the season.
For more information contact Hybrid-Ag
hybridag.com.au
See this article in Tree Fruit August 2019
