By means of fertigation, the broccoli absorbs the nutrients provided by Haifa's fertilizers
Broccoli fertilizer requirements
|
Fertilizers |
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Growth stage |
Rate ( kg/Ha/day) |
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|
Days after planting |
Urea |
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| 2 leaves- 20 days |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 20-40 |
1.7 |
0 |
2 |
| 40-60 |
3.7 |
0 |
2 |
| 60-80 |
4.2 |
2.7 |
1.2 |
| 80-100 |
4.0 |
14.0 |
0.8 |
| 100 onward |
2.7 |
5.3 |
0 |
MAP = MonoAmmonium Phosphate.
Approximate nitrogen requirement
|
lbsN/acre/week |
kgN /ha/week |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Crop |
Growth stage |
low |
high |
low |
high |
| Broccoli | early growth |
5 |
15 |
5.6 |
16.8 |
| mid-season |
10 |
20 |
11.2 |
22.4 |
|
| button formation |
15 |
30 |
16.8 |
33.6 |
|
| head development |
10 |
20 |
11.2 |
22.4 |
|
Source: Blaine Hansen, 1996. Fertilizing Row Crops With Drip Irrigation Nov/Dec. Irrigation Journal.
Variety: Woltam.
Soil type: Loamy.
Plant density: 33,000 plants / Ha.
Expected yield: 13 T/Ha.
Growth period (days from seeding/planting to harvest):
Nutrient uptake data
|
Time interval |
Nutrients requirement (Kg/Ha/Day) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
N |
P2O5 |
K2O |
|
|
1-10 |
0.02 |
0.00 |
0.11 |
|
11-20 |
0.07 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
|
21-30 |
1.08 |
0.27 |
0.89 |
|
31-40 |
1.22 |
0.30 |
1.10 |
|
41-50 |
1.75 |
0.46 |
1.63 |
|
51-60 |
1.04 |
0.30 |
3.66 |
|
61-70 |
3.02 |
0.82 |
5.23 |
|
71-80 |
3.41 |
1.05 |
4.76 |
|
81-90 |
2.79 |
0.87 |
4.93 |
|
91-100 |
2.09 |
0.73 |
3.77 |
|
101-110 |
0.93 |
0.41 |
3.30 |
|
111-120 |
0.20 |
0.21 |
1.16 |
|
121-130 |
0.18 |
0.21 |
0.58 |
|
131-140 |
0.15 |
0.09 |
|
|
141-150 |
0.06 |
0.02 |
|
|
Total (Kg/Ha) |
202.00 |
59.55 |
198.76 |
Source:
B. Bar-Yosef . Fertilization under drip irrigation.
Base dressing recommendations (kg/hectare)
|
N |
P2O5 |
K2O |
CaO |
MgO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
100 |
100 |
160 |
80 |
40 |
Source: recommendations of Agro-Nutrientes Especiales (ANE), (February,2000).
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