Spring 2021, like last year, does not please farmers with warmth, so a considerable part of the crop lags in growth and development, which will inevitably reduce yield.
Winter cereal plants before stem elongation and throughout the whole stem elongation stage are especially sensitive to low temperatures. Cold spells adversely affect preservation of the future productive stems and the future ear laid down by the plant.
To soften the effect of sub-zero temperatures, at the first opportunity it is advisable to carry out foliar feeding, depending on the situation in the particular field, with the following special fertilizers:
- on crops with normal development - ECOLINE Universal Growth (Amino) 1.0–1.5 l/ha or GROS Health 1.0–1.2 l/ha;
- on late crops where plants are delayed in growth - ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 1.0–1.5 l/ha;
- if cold stress is joined by the aftereffect of herbicides applied to the preceding crop - ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Amino) 1.0–1.5 l/ha.
If the farm's technology includes feeding with a urea solution, another special fertilizer with amino acids can be used - GROS Amino-Mg 1.0–1.5 l/ha. Last year in production conditions in Zaporizhzhia region, foliar feeding with this fertilizer ensured better plant development, preservation of yield components and, as a result, a yield increase of 1.0 t/ha compared with the control variant without feeding.
