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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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See our fertiliser programmes for different orchard 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

Agronomy Advice - Managing iron deficiency in fruit crops

A new way to manage iron deficiency in broadacre fruit

Managing iron deficiency in broadacre fruit crops has always been tricky. Often the deficiency is caused by the low availability of iron rather than a lack of iron in the soil. Here we present the results of recent trials to offer fruit growers a new way to manage iron deficiency.

Is there a better alternative to monopotassium phosphate

Is there a better alternative to monopotassium phosphate

Monopotassium phosphate, otherwise known as MKP is a product synonymous with fruit production that is widely used, primarily as a flower boosting green fruit supporter. However, at this point in time, MKP is sometimes difficult to get hold of, so many growers are asking if there is a better alternative.

How to manage blueberry fertigation

How to manage higher temperatures in strawberries

Higher temperatures bring both good and bad news for strawberry growers. The good news is increased production and demand for strawberries but the downside is managing heat stress and other challenges. Controlling the crop through these tricky periods can be made easier by utilising foliar feeds.

How to manage blueberry fertigation

How to manage blueberry fertigation

Blueberry nutrition and fertigation is very much a consequence of the rooting system and pH range. Blueberries are more acid-loving than most soft fruits and also have a less efficient root system which has consequences for fertigation recommendations.

Concerned about hail damage to apples and pears

Concerned about hail damage to apples and pears

Apples and pears are both susceptible to hale damage in late spring with the potential for both fruits and leaves to be damaged. Whilst crop nutrition cant control the weather it can help mitigate some of the effects and help damaged crops recover.

How to recover frost damaged fruit crops

How to recover frost damaged fruit crops

Where fruit crops, particularly apples, pears and grapevines have suffered frost damage we need to think about how to best manage the crop buds which are left to both recover the damaged buds and then to recover the lost growth.

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