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How to increase stone fruit size and weight

How to increase stone fruit size and weight

Potassium is a key driver of fruit size or weight and alongside nitrogen required in large quantities throughout fruit development and ripening.

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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.

Check if your plums have a nutrient deficiency

Identify and diagnose if your plums are suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn how to control or correct the deficiency. Choose a nutrient below to learn more about the symptoms of its deficiency in plums and its effect on growth and development.

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How to increase stone fruit number

How to increase stone fruit number

Phosphorus and magnesium increase apricot, plum or cherry fruit number, although the effect of nitrogen on the number of fruits per tree is not clear.

How to improve stone fruit quality

How to improve stone fruit quality

There are a number of variables that define stone fruit quality requirements. Quality standards differ depending on the stone fruit type, growth region and the market.

How to improve stone fruit firmness

How to improve stone fruit firmness

Firmness of stone fruit flesh is affected by a wide range of parameters including nutrition. Fruits with high levels of calcium are firmer and good calcium supply delays ripening and increases storability of fruits.

Stone fruit nutritional summary

Stone fruit nutritional summary

Most nutrients, namely N, P, K, Mg, B and Mn are stored and retained as reserves in the tree buds, trunk and roots.

Balancing total soluble solids and acidity ratio in stone fruit

Balancing total soluble solids and acidity ratio in stone fruit

The ratio of sugar content versus acidity and gives stone fruits their characteristic flavour. An appropriate crop nutrition programme helps manage an acceptable TSS/Acidity balance in fruit.

Role of nutrients by growth stage in stone fruit

Role of nutrients by growth stage in stone fruit

Stone fruit nutrient requirements vary depending on the crop growth stage. Find out which nutrients are most important and the roles of nutrients at different growth stages.

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Are you looking for a crop nutrition programme for your fruit trees?

See our fertiliser programmes for different orghard crops, both top fruit and stone fruit, begin by choosing your crop.

Apple crop nutrition programme, fertiliser

Apple crop nutrition programme

Pear crop nutrition programme, fertiliser

Pear crop nutrition programme

Plum crop nutrition programme

Plum crop nutrition programmes

Cherry crop nutrition programme

Cherry crop nutrition programme

Apricot crop nutrition programme

Apricot crop nutrition programme

Plum iron deficiency

Identify and diagnose plum nutrient deficiencies

Identify and diagnose if your plum trees are suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn more about the symptoms and causes and how to control or correct the deficiency

Analysis - magnesium deficiency on strawberry

Analysis - recommended analysis suites for fruit

Fruit analysis suites includes various tissue and soil analyses as well as analysis of fruit/fruitlets, compost, water and nutrient solution.

Fruit agronomy advice

Late season advice for soft fruit crops

Late season advice for soft fruit crops

As the soft fruit production season nears an end with final harvests underway it is important to keep a focus on nutrition to avoid carrying any issues over to next season so here are a few recommendations for strawberry and raspberry growers to ensure crops go into dormancy in good condition.

How successful fruit growers monitor their crops

How successful fruit growers monitor their crops

Successful fruit growers regularly monitor their crops nutrition status in order to proactively manage their crops nutrition. But where to begin ? We look at the full system of testing and explain the what is needed and why.

Fruit crops benefit from foliar calcium in a wet season

Fruit crops benefit from foliar calcium in a wet season

After a wet winter many fruit plants may have been growing under saturated conditions for some time. Under these circumstances the application of foliar fed calcium will be advantageous.

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