Sugar beet growing technologies are among the most intensive of all field crops. Further raising root yield and, with it, economic efficiency is a real challenge for agronomists. One way of reaching this goal is to optimize mineral nutrition according to the situation developing in the fields.
This year the weather in the first part of the sugar beet growing season was not the most favorable, so we see plants lagging somewhat in growth and development. High pressure from root and leaf diseases is also expected. We can improve this situation considerably by using special fertilizers: vegetation will last another 2.5–3 months, so there is time to correct nutrition conditions.
For the second half of the sugar beet growing season ECOORGANIC offers the following foliar feeding programme:
Leaf closure in the row until closure between rows: to enhance sugar accumulation and prevent physiological diseases - ECOLINE Boron (Premium) 1.5 l/ha + ECOLINE Copper (Chelate) 0.5 l/ha.
After closure between rows: to increase plant resistance to diseases and enhance photosynthesis - ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) 2.0 l/ha + GROS Phosphito-NP 1.5 l/ha.
Last fungicide treatment: to raise sugar content, enhance sugar synthesis and outflow into the root, and improve the technological quality of the sugar raw material - ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Amino) 1.5–2.0 l/ha.
Sugar beet: K – control (farm scheme), 1: 4–5 leaf pairs – ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 1.0 l/ha + ECOLINE Universal Growth (Amino) 1.0 l/ha. Ahroprodservis LLC, Ternopil region, 10.06.2020
Sugar beet: K – control (farm scheme), 1: 4–5 leaf pairs – Gros Phosphito-NP 1.5 l/ha + ECOLINE Universal Growth (Amino) 1.5 l/ha; leaf closure in the row – ECOLINE Boron (Premium) 1.0 l/ha; 2. 4–5 leaf pairs – ECOLINE Boron (Premium) 1.0 l/ha + ECOLINE Universal Growth (Amino) 1.5 l/ha + ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 1.5 l/ha; leaf closure in the row – ECOLINE Boron (Premium) 1.0 l/ha + ECOLINE Copper (Chelate) 0.5 l/ha. Zakhidnyi Buh farm, Lviv region, 19.06.2019