The spring 2021 weather was rather unfavorable for sugar beet, so we see plants lagging somewhat in growth and development. Because of the cool weather with heavy rains there is a danger of stresses of various kinds, and high pressure from root and leaf diseases is expected during April–May.
We can improve the situation considerably by using special fertilizers to correct nutrition conditions. To help plants in the phase before leaf closure in the row, we recommend foliar feeding with fertilizers containing amino acids:
- when stress from crop protection products appears – ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Amino) 1.0–1.5 l/ha;
- in case of temperature stress – ECOLINE Universal Growth (Amino) 1.0 l/ha;
- of the boron fertilizers, in this period it is also better to use those containing amino acids – ECOLINE Boron (Premium) 1.0 l/ha.
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