Potatoes
Potatoes
With the aim to increase soil fertility, plant resilience and plant brix (complex carbohydrates and mineral content), potato farmers can implement Nutrition Farming® strategies simply by including key products into their current programs.
Crop Phase | Key Nutritional Requirements | Suggested Products |
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Soil Preparation | At least 8 weeks prior to planting, determine soil nutrient requirements by taking a soil test. Broadcast your specifically designed Prescription Blend™ 4 – 6 weeks prior to planting. Balancing the minerals in your soil will help to improve soil structure and increase general fertility. | NTS Soil Therapy |
Stimulate beneficial soil biology to restore balance in soils previously affected by nematodes. | Biological Root Health Recipe | |
Planting | If a granular planting or side-dress blend is normally applied, include NTS Soluble Humate Granules™ at 5% of the blend, (up to a maximum rate of 20 kg/ha), to help buffer and stabilise phosphorus and/or nitrogen inputs. Alternatively, use NTS Liquid Humus™ or DIY Liquid Humic Acid in the first fertigation. | |
Sprout Development | Mycorrhizal (VAM or AM) and Trichoderma fungi enhance nutrient delivery and root-zone health. | |
Vegetative Growth – Tuber Initiation | Maintain broad-spectrum nutrition, including NPK, calcium, magnesium and trace elements, to ensure optimum productivity and quality. |
Cloak™ Spray Oil 1 or 2 applications Cloak™ Spray Oil 1 or 2 applications |
If side-dressing N, always include a source of carbon to improve efficiency, prevent leaching, and reduce carbon burnout. Include NTS Soluble Humate Granules™ at 5% of the granular blend, (up to a maximum rate of 20 kg/ha), to help buffer and stabilise fast-release nitrogen inputs. Alternatively, use NTS Liquid Humus™ or DIY Humic acid with fertigations of soluble urea. | ||
Ensure the potatoes have direct access to calcium and silicon to optimise quality and crop resilience. | Farm Saver® Calcium Fulvate Dia-Life Organic™ Every 2 weeks | |
Leaf testing gives you fingertip control of inputs to fine-tune your crop nutrition program. | NTS Plant Therapy | |
Bulking | Phosphorus and potassium should be kept up to maintain the growth of the tubers while calcium will build crop resilience. | Phos-Force™ K-Rich™ Cloak™ Spray Oil 1 or 2 applications |
Foliar Spray Fertigation Please refer to Product Information Sheets for application rates.
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