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For dilute applications use 0. Early applications at the petal-fall or husk-fall stages are also beneficial for fruit quality in all stone fruit.
See chart for application rates of various products. Ca Sprays in Rain to Prevent Cherry Cracking. This application may not always work and is based on research using overhead irrigation application.
Calcium sprays to prevent rain splitting go on during the rain event. Can be applied every two hours during continuous rain showers. Potential problems — reduced fruit size if applied too often. The high concentration of salts can cause some leaf burning. Low leaf copper concentrations have been observed in a few Interior orchards, especially in young high density plantings.
Leaf copper concentrations in all crops less than 4 ppm, especially if accompanied by symptoms involving sudden withering of leaf tips and die-back of the terminal portion of apparently normally growing shoots in summer, may indicate copper deficiency.
Copper sulphate applied at g product per L of water using a gun sprayer should correct symptoms of copper deficiency. WARNING — Do not apply to fruit during the growing season, especially Anjou pears, as fruit russeting is likely to occur. In other areas copper sprays have been applied at green tip or as a post-harvest foliar spray when there is no risk of spray injury.
Post-harvest foliar sprays may also be applied as chelates or other copper containing compounds at recommended label rates. Iron chlorosis can occur with high pH soils lime-induced chlorosis , such as seepage sites where salts have accumulated in the soils, or in water logged soils.
Peaches and nectarines on peach seedling rootstocks are extremely susceptible to iron chlorosis. Foliage may be made greener by foliar application of iron chelate products. This is a provisional measure and does not correct the basic cause, thus yearly application may need to be part of the orchard spray program if the underlying problem is a difficult to correct high soil pH condition.
Although a temporary measure, it still can make an improvement in stem quality of cherries where iron deficiency is causing a problem. When iron deficiency is severe, repeat once or twice at day intervals. It is best to apply early in the spring, under cooler temperature due to burning risk to plant tissue.
Iron sprays may not be combined with sprays of pesticides or other minerals. Applied alone, they have occasionally injured sweet cherry and pear foliage and fruit.
Dilute application is not recommended. Suggested Range of Levels for Leaf Iron in all Fruit Crops. Magnesium is a critical component of photosynthesis.
Unless leaf magnesium is high, most orchards require at least one annual spray. Some orchards have become seriously deficient requiring 2 - 3 magnesium sprays annually.
It can show up on McIntosh and Spartan basal leaves in a heavy crop year. High levels of potassium K or low levels of available phosphorus P in the soil can also result in poor uptake of magnesium in the tree. Repeat preventative spray two or three times, at week intervals depending on the severity of the deficiency.
Manganese deficiency occurs in only a few orchards, usually on alluvial fans near the lakes. Frequently, deficiencies are associated with a high soil pH together with the accumulation of soluble salts in the soil. Other orchards may suffer from manganese toxicity.
Red Delicious and Fuji may show manganese toxicity in the form of bark measles. Apply manganese only if foliar analyses indicate that a deficiency exists. Manganese sprays may be combined with sprays of boron, zinc chelate, magnesium or urea. Suggested Range of Levels for Manganese.
Manganese - ppm. Nitrogen is the primary mineral used in tree fruit nutrition. It is essential for tree growth, fruit sizing, and fruit set. However, too much nitrogen can lead to poor fruit colour and storage qualities, increased bitter pit, increased crown and root rot of apples, excess tree growth susceptibility to fire blight, increased pruning costs, mildew, increased populations of aphids, leafhoppers and pear psylla , and alfalfa greening and Anjou pit of pears.
When trees do not respond to increasing amounts of nitrogen, the cause is frequently a deficiency of some other nutrient, most often zinc. Nitrogen applications can be wasted with excessive irrigation sets that drive the nutrients down past the rooting zone.
Over irrigating and excessive nitrogen applications can be toxic in the environment due to leaching into ground or surface water. Nitrogen is best applied as a soil application very early in spring. The nitrogen is then available very early to help the tree during critical growth and fruit development stages.
Nitrogen applications to the soil should not exceed end of May in all fruit bearing blocks. It is especially important in apples so that soil nitrogen levels are low by the time the fruit is colouring in late summer.
In young nurseries and new plantings, soil applied nitrogen should not be applied after mid-July clay or mid-August sand depending on soil type. Determining how much nitrogen to use is not always easy. The nitrogen needs of an orchard will be higher with young trees filling space, large crop years, and stone fruits.
Any suggested rates in this chapter are just starting points and will need to be modified through observations and data from your own orchard blocks. All nitrogen fertilizers must convert to the nitrate form of nitrogen in the soil for the majority of uptake by the tree.
Some ammonium can be taken up directly by the tree. Thus, the different choices of fertilizers can vary in how long they take after application to be available to the tree. The most commonly recommended ground nitrogen fertilizers used are urea and ammonium sulphate that can take up to 3 weeks to convert for tree uptake, especially in cool springs.
Ammonium sulphate is more acidifying than the other fertilizers. Ammonium nitrate is the old standard, but only available through limited controlled locations, requires ID, and is an expensive form of nitrogen.
Ammonia urea sulphate Calcium nitrate Calcium ammonium nitrate CAN is half calcium nitrate quick uptake and half ammonium can take 3 weeks to convert with no acidifying effect.
Nitrate and urea forms of nitrogen are more easily leached out of the soil than ammonium forms however, ammonium will readily convert to nitrate under optimum pH and aerobic conditions.
It may be spread evenly over the orchard floor in orchards with closer-spaced smaller trees, however, fertilizer rates should be adjusted to match the total area of application. Spread fertilizer a day or two after a full irrigation set, then irrigate for only 2 hours following application to help move the fertilizer just into the root zone of the trees.
Urea fertilizer left sitting on the surface of the ground in warm weather can lose nitrogen to the air through volatilization. Rates and Frequencies of First-Year N Soil Broadcast Applications. First soil application recommended soon after planting. Most nitrogen fertilizers especially Nitrate forms are highly soluble and are washed from the root zone with frequent and over irrigation.
Fertigation Rates and Timings for First-Year Plantings. Commence applications at post-bloom when finished phosphorus applications. These fertilizer rates compensate for the inefficiency of nitrogen uptake from sandy soils where irrigation can leach nitrogen below the root zone.
Recent research has indicated in an orchard with a sandy loam soil and irrigation controlled by atmometer based scheduling that production and quality of apples could be sustained by application of a total of g nitrogen per tree, applied during any 4 week period.
If high density planted trees have failed to adequately fruit after first year, continue first year nutrition program. If vigour has been low, also investigate possibility of another nutrient deficiency leaf analysis or inadequate first year irrigation. If vegetative vigour is excessive, reduce nitrogen application rates by to ½.
Mature producing trees are considered to be those capable, due to size, of carrying 30 to 50 bins of fruit per acre. Reduce the suggested nutrient schedule if mature trees that are capable of carrying a full crop, have experienced a frost or event that results in a significantly lighter crop.
Smaller trees that must still grow to achieve a structure that fills the tree spacing and are older than 3 to 4 years may be carrying too heavy a crop for the tree size.
These weaker trees should receive the start of their nutrient schedule after bloom and should not have rates cut with the removal of crop load. In all apples, too much nitrogen can lead to poor fruit colour especially in heavy crop years , soft fruit, poor storage quality, increased bitter pit issues, crown and root rot of apples.
There can be varietal differences in nitrogen requirements. For example, Honeycrisp is especially sensitive to balance tree needs compared to fruit needs. The fruit requires low levels of nitrogen as long as growth is adequate pruning and crop load management seems to encourage adequate growth as fruit size and quality is easily negatively affected.
Factors such as fruit size, block colouring, crop load, susceptibility to bitter pit and maturity dates may influence the amount of nitrogen needed in a given block. Growers should plan to make adjustments to their nitrogen rates based upon these and other influencing factors.
Some of the rich silt soils may require very little, if any, nitrogen for mature producing trees for a number of years in a row. Vegetative growth, leaf nitrogen analysis, fruit size and fruit colour development must be used to adjust rates of application.
These nitrogen recommendations are guidelines only! There is no substitute for careful observation. As mentioned above, the rate will depend upon tree growth, commodity, and fruit quality.
The lower rates are for apples growing in good soil compared to the higher rates for peaches growing in sandy soil. As a good balance between cropping and vegetative growth is achieved, less nitrogen per kg of fruit is used.
Good consistently cropped trees have proportionately less vegetative extension growth. There is less demand for calcium, i. a better leaf to fruit ratio. High leaf to fruit ratios, that is lots of vegetative growth and a light crop, particularly under low humidity, creates a stronger leaf demand for calcium away from the fruit.
Large fruit size with a small crop will also contribute to a calcium dilution in the fruit. Too much or too little growth, as well as leaf analysis results provides the information needed to help adjust the required nitrogen rates for the following season.
Measure leading terminals growing outwards at an angle of 45 degrees around the outside of the tree and take an average of these measurements. Increase, reduce or eliminate the quantity of nitrogen fertilizer to achieve the correct amount of terminal growth as shown in the following table:.
Nitrogen must be in good supply as reserves in the tree for developing flowers and fruitlets. In apples, excess nitrogen is one of the main contributors to poor fruit colour and poor fruit quality.
In cherries, it has been suggested in studies from Michigan that a ratio of 5 leaves: 1 cherry is ideal for sizing quality fruit.
Previous season nutrient applications can have a big impact on spring reserves in the current season. Nitrogen applied over the winter and spring up to flowering encourages strong vegetative growth.
If there are concerns, nitrogen applications can be delayed until immediately after bloom to allow for adjustments to match crop load. In all fruit trees, heavy cropped trees may also need additional nitrogen foliar spray after harvest, or before harvest in late maturing apple varieties.
Regular leaf analysis is strongly recommended to assist in determining nitrogen requirements. IMPORTANT: None of the foliar mineral element sprays should be applied with emulsions or oils.
Foliar applications of urea: To avoid delayed maturity of fruit, do not apply urea later than 45 days before harvest on apples or pears or later than 21 days on stone fruit. Use of foliar urea on pears may aggravate fire blight.
A dilute spray see page , at rates ranging from 1. Caution is necessary, however, as foliage injury and excessive fruit removal can occur when this material is applied. Some growers concentrate spray more at the tops of trees where the nutrient is needed more. Apply under good drying conditions.
Cultivars differ in their sensitivity to ATS. Application of ATS is not suggested for varieties such as Braeburn and Sunrise that have low fruit set tendencies as excessive fruit removal may occur. Jonagold, Gala, and Empire are sensitive to rates above 1. Spartan, Fuji, Delicious, Golden Delicious, and McIntosh have benefited from rates up to 1.
When applying, use eye protection, a respirator, rubber gloves and protective clothing. Young non-bearing trees with poor growth 2 sprays 2 weeks apart. Bearing trees more than one spray may be required.
Soil sampling is not a reliable method for assessing available phosphorus levels for application decisions. Plant tissue samples are a more accurate method to assess phosphorus needs by the trees. The adequate level in leaves of mature apple and stone fruit trees is 0.
A leaf phosphorus concentration range of 0. Recent research has indicated that early flowering in apples is promoted by high phosphorus nutrition in the first year.
High leaf P in year 1 increases the number of flower clusters the second year for apples on M. Foliar phosphorus applications are used during the cell division period of the fruit following petal-fall to help with fruit quality and sizing potential.
A few studies found Phosphorus used within 6-weeks of apple harvest may help boost apples already developing colour, however, results can be variable. Fruit exposure to the sun will still give the highest colour results compared to any fertilizer treatment. Most newly transplanted trees benefit from the addition of a soil phosphorus treatment to ensure available phosphorus in the soil for improved root development.
Years of replant bioassays in apples by Dr. John Slykhuis, showed phosphorus and then fumigation treatments as having the most consistent significant effect on positive root growth. Phosphorus is more efficiently utilized when applications are incorporated near the developing roots by mixing into the soil of the planting hole or percolated into the main root zone as dissolved phosphorus in irrigation water.
Ammonium phosphate fertilizers are the most common choices for phosphorus fertilizers with replants because high phosphorus availability has been observed when they are applied in the root zone.
The most used ammonium phosphates are the granular monoammonium phosphate or the soluble Rock phosphate and triple superphosphate are granular forms, which are less soluble and are less available to trees when surface broadcast.
Liquid formulations suitable for fertigation include ammonium polyphosphate or phosphoric acid With any incorporated granulars or composts, make sure the fertilizer is mixed well with planting hole soil or peat mixtures. Reduce rate by half on extremely coarse textured gravelly soils to avoid root burning.
NOTE: Prior to planting new trees in old orchard soils, read the last paragraph under LIME and the section on APPLE REPLANT PROBLEM. WARNING: Phosphite based fertilizers are NOT a source of phosphorus to the tree.
Phosphites are used to help move whichever nutrient is attached to it into the plant. Phosphorous Applications for all Tree Fruit. Can seriously burn roots and must be well mixed into the planting hole or trench. Do not do a full irrigation for a week after application to avoid washing nutrients past root zone.
Very low burn risk. Commonly Available Soil P Fertilizers in BC. Phosphorus is an important element in root growth. The use of liquid and soluble granular products are generally more efficient than granular recommendations used in the planting hole, therefore rates are lower for phosphorus than those for planting hole application.
Use caution if mixing more than one nutrient in fertigation as phosphate fertilizers can be incompatible with some magnesium or calcium fertilizers resulting in precipitates that plug emitters. Check irrigation water calcium Ca , magnesium Mg and bicarbonate HCO 3 concentrations.
According to information from Ontario, to avoid phosphate precipitates, Ca and Mg combined levels should be less than 50 ppm and HCO 3 less than ppm. Phosphorus demands of mature fruiting trees usually declines so annual soil phosphorus fertilizer may not be required. Monitor leaf and fruit concentrations to ensure adequate phosphorus nutrition.
Recent research has indicated that applications of 20 g P 2 O 5 per tree as ammonium polyphosphate annually at bloom would be advantageous for apples receiving adequate applications of nitrogen, potassium and boron.
Potassium is an important major element in tree growth and function, however, deficiency is not a common disorder in British Columbia. Potassium deficiency has been shown to be more common in high density fertigated orchards, especially when drip irrigated.
The deficiencies usually develop in sandy, coarse textured soils and show up as trees begin heavy fruit production usually third year. It is characterized by reddish brown leaf scorch symptoms. Symptoms appear when leaf potassium is below 0. The majority of orchards in British Columbia show leaf tests above the adequate level of 1.
Potassium deficiency is less common in lower density orchards with sprinkler irrigation but has been reported when soil potassium levels are low. Some studies have shown an improvement of fruit colour when potassium nutrition moves from deficient to adequate levels See production guide leaf analysis levels , but too much potassium can be a problem.
Unnecessary application of potassium to tree fruits may interfere with uptake of calcium and magnesium. Calcium is especially important for the prevention of bitter pit and breakdown in apples and preventing Anjou pit in pears.
Magnesium is important in preventing leaf scorch and premature dropping in apples. N-K fertigation should be considered for high density orchards on sandy soil especially when drip irrigated.
The following rates can commence in the first year and then be adjusted upwards or downwards depending on K concentration in subsequent years. This soil test level is used to ensure sulphur adequacy for all crops grown in British Columbia.
Ensuring immediate adequacy can be realized at little or no cost by using a fertilizer that contains sulphate-sulphur as a secondary nutrient; for example, ammonium sulphate ; Epsom salts magnesium sulphate ; potassium sulphate ; gypsum calcium sulphate and other fertilizers.
On calcareous soils those with a pH above 7 using when applying nitrogen fertilizer will ensure sulphate adequacy. However, this fertilizer should not be used on acid soils See Soil Acidification.
Zinc is important in trees for the formation and function of chlorophyll, several enzymes, and the growth hormone auxin. Foliar analysis results indicate low zinc levels in interior orchards, particularly in apples, cherries, and pears.
This is due to sandy soils with pH levels above 7. Zinc does not move readily within the plant due to translocation problems. It is common for leaf zinc concentrations to remain low, even after application of recommended dormant zinc sprays. Use the early dormant spray timing if planning on using leaf analysis in the summer to monitor zinc levels.
Zinc deficiency symptoms such as chlorosis, blind bud, rosetting and little leaf can, however, be reduced by such applications. For apples it is recommended that zinc sulphate be applied annually at silver tip to green tip stage of bud development stages 2 and 3 , supplemented by one or more sprays of chelated foliar formulations of zinc during the growing season.
It is not recommended to use chelated products, such as Zintrac, mixed in with the dormant oil sprays as a replacement to zinc sulphate applications. Chelated products are designed for best absorption when applied directly to leaves.
Two zinc sulphate sprays are recommended for cherries; the first during the late dormant period up to bud swell stage stage 2. Do not mix with the dormant oil spray. The second spray can be applied within 2 weeks after harvest.
Chelated zinc products can also be used during the growing season to help supplement zinc, but should never fully replace the dormant zinc sulphate spray.
For pears, an annual application of zinc sulphate is usually adequate. Apply at green tip stage stage 3 before dormant oil. For other kinds of fruit trees showing low zinc levels, a zinc sulphate application at late dormant stage should be applied annually.
Suggested Range of Leaf Leels for Zinc Zinc - ppm. Foliar Zinc Applications. Zinc sulphate spray for all tree fruits - to be used when foliar analysis indicates low zinc levels. Soil acidification can occur in orchards from the use of nitrogen fertilizers. Soil acidification can be accelerated by applying acidifying fertilizers through drip irrigation see table below.
The rate at which a soil becomes acidified depends on the type of soil. A sandy soil becomes acid more quickly than a clay soil. High lime or organic matter content in a soil slows the acidification process.
Sensitivity to soil potential acidification can be identified through a quick test that determines the Acidification Resistance Index ARI.
This index is calculated from standard soil test data soil pH and exchangeable Ca, Mg, K, Na. The results of the quick test and recommendations are available from your soil test laboratory. There are three categories of soils:. ARI very sensitive. ARI moderately sensitive.
Acidification can be prevented by using fertilizers that do not contain either ammonium or urea. Soils that are already acidified should be limed to at least pH 6. After several years of drip irrigation, the nutrient content of soil beneath drip irrigation emitters may change.
Soil sampling to determine soil boron, potassium and salinity is a desirable strategy to prevent nutrient deficiencies or excesses from developing.
Comparison of a composite soil sample see soil sampling section collected directly beneath emitters to samples collected from alleyways would provide a measure of changes which may have occurred in specific orchards or orchard blocks.
Recent research indicated that orchards frequently have very low leaf boron and zinc concentrations and occasionally low leaf magnesium and potassium levels. Regular leaf sampling and analysis will alert the grower to emerging problems and is an excellent strategy to track the nutritional health of orchard blocks.
Equivalent Acidity of Commonly Applied Fertilizers. From Western. Note: There are also various N sources containing multiple nutrients. These forms of N are usually more expensive sources of N but are advantageous under situations where other nutrient deficiencies occur as indicated by leaf, soil or fruit analysis.
Where soils have become acidic below pH 6 , poor tree growth and certain disorders, such as bark measles on Red Delicious or Fuji, may result. Sampling soils for physical, chemical analyses, or biological testing can be utilized for different purposes.
Most commonly soil tests are useful to:. Regardless of the objective, soil sampling is the first key process for successful interpretation and should be carefully planned. Collect samples at the same time each year to be able to evaluate trends.
Fall tests allow you to have time to plan for the following year, while spring tests will reflect better the availability of nutrients for early uptake, which is of particular importance for mobile nutrients such as nitrogen N , sulfate SO 4 and boron B.
Mobility of nutrients in the soil also depends on the soil texture and organic matter, which is reflected in the cation exchange capacity CEC of the soil. Thus, in low CEC soils, coarse textured or with low organic matter soils, cations: calcium Ca , magnesium Mg and potassium K can also be considered mobile and their availability will vary throughout the season.
In heavier soils, such as silty or clay soils, most nutrients are stable throughout the season and the timing of sampling becomes less relevant. For highly mobile nutrients such as the mineral forms of N, ammonia NH4 or nitrate NO3 , soil tests are not good predictors of seasonal availability, but reflect a condition in one moment in time.
If the purpose of the soil test is to monitor nitrogen availability, consider estimating N supply through the organic matter content of the soil, or sampling several times throughout the season. To estimate N supply with organic matter levels, visit tree fruit nutrition page.
Additional precautions: Avoid collecting samples right after the application of fertilizer or soil amendments, an irrigation event or excessively dry soil.
In every orchard thought should be given to where samples are collected. The accuracy and representation of the values obtained from the test, are thus determined by the sampling process. Physical, chemical, and biological conditions in the soil are influenced by many factors, each of which should be considered when defining the sampling area.
The most important to consider are: soil type sandy, rocky, silty, etc. For example, Figure 1 reflect two distinct scenarios. The image on the left is a acre tree orchard block with similar soil type and vigor, which can be considered a homogeneous block.
In contrast, the image on the right is a 7-acre block with distinct variability in tree vigor, with a slope that drains water to the middle of the block. Here, the orchard in the left is a uniform management area and one sample, composed of 15 to 20 subsamples would likely reflect accurately the condition of the entire block.
The orchard in the right, should be separated in at least three areas to accurately reflect the soil condition, regardless of being one management area. Many Washington tree fruit growing soils are highly heterogeneous, in which dividing the block in all possible homogeneous sub-units could become expensive and impractical.
For example, soils with basalt rock at variable depth, a caliche calcium carbonate CaCO3 layer, sandy or rocky strips and others. Under these highly variable conditions, is better to prioritize the sampling units rather than mixing them. For example, choose the most representative in terms of acreage, or the most limiting that requires attention.
If the goal is to diagnose a problem in the orchard, the sampling strategy is slightly different. Here, the sampling should be done in the problematic area; chlorotic trees, low or excessive vigor, reduce yield, etc. It is better to have more samples from one reduced area that will represent accurately the problematic condition, and compare with a different area where the problem is not present or less pronounce.
Each sub sample should be collected in a consistent way, considering where the feeder roots are growing. In tree fruit, most of the feeder roots, those that will take up nutrients and water, are in the upper two feet of soil.
However, rootstock and soil differences can affect root growth development and actual depth of root growth Figure 2. To make sure the sampling depth represents the area where most feeder roots are located, dig a couple of soil pits between trees and determine the actual root depth.
sampling each layer can inform on limiting conditions that are preventing roots to grow in the upper layers of the soil Figure 2. Avoid sampling right below the drip emitter, and it is preferable to collect from the edge of the weed strip.
Collect samples from over the planting row weed strip and prevent collecting samples from the middle of the rows or cover cropped area.
If the purpose of the soil test is to identify nutrient movement throughout the soil profile or leaching of mobile nutrients such as nitrogen, sulfate or boron, samples should be collected from deeper soil layers, below the root depth.
There are several tools to collect samples Figure 4. Soil augers are designed with different shapes for different types of soils. Soil drill bits can also be used for samples between 8 to 12 inches deep, varying in length and width. A shovel or spade can also be used however it requires an additional step Figure 4.
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