FEEDING NUT CROPS WITH ECOORGANIC FERTILIZERS
Interest in growing nuts in Ukraine has grown significantly in recent years. The area under nut crops has reached 23 thousand hectares and continues to increase. The largest share of this area is occupied by walnut, a crop that provides high profit, which depends directly on both the quantity and the quality of the harvest. To improve both parameters, producers use repeated treatments with special fertilizers. Approaches to foliar nutrition differ not only by region or soil type but also by the age of the plantings. For a young orchard the most important are fertilizers that promote rooting and development of the root system and aboveground part of the plant in unfavorable periods (drought, temperature stress, etc.), while for bearing trees the products are those whose action is aimed at activating physiological processes related to flowering, fruit formation and crop quality indicators.
From now on ECOORGANIC is a member of the Nut Association of Ukraine. This allows us to develop and improve technological nutrition programmes for nut crops based on needs and taking into account practical experience of growing nuts in all regions of Ukraine.
With experience of working with nut crops both in Ukraine and abroad, and considering the effectiveness of ECOORGANIC fertilizers, the company's research department has developed recommendations for their optimal use on walnut, almond and hazelnut:
WALNUT
Young orchard
Foliar feeding scheme
WALNUT
Young orchard
Foliar feeding scheme
| Feeding period | Fertilizer name | Application rate | Purpose of feeding |
| Start of leaf formation | ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Zn) | 2.0 l/ha | Strengthening root system growth, raising plant resistance to adverse conditions, supplying available forms of meso- and microelements |
| ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 1.5 l/ha | ||
|
Hottest period |
ECOLINE Zinc (Chelate) | 1.5 l/ha | Raising resistance to high temperatures, supplying nutrients that can be blocked at high calcium content in the soil |
| ECOLINE Iron (Chelate) | 1.0 l/ha | ||
|
At the end of the growing season |
ECOLINE Phosphite (K) | 2.0 l/ha | Fungistatic effect, accumulation of plastic substances for a powerful start in spring of the next year |
| ECOLINE Boron (Organic) | 1.5 l/ha |
WALNUT
Young bearing orchard
Foliar feeding scheme
| Feeding period | Fertilizer name | Application rate | Purpose of feeding |
| Start of leaf formation | ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Zn) | 2.0 l/ha | Strengthening root system growth, raising plant resistance to adverse conditions, supplying available forms of meso- and microelements |
| ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 1.5 l/ha | ||
| After flowering | ECOLINE Zinc (Chelate) | 1.5 l/ha | Raising resistance to high temperatures, supplying nutrients that can be blocked at high calcium content in the soil |
| ECOLINE Iron (Chelate) | 1.0 l/ha | ||
| Pea-sized fruit set | ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 2.0 l/ha | |
| Fruit diameter 1–1.5 cm | ECOLINE Phosphite (K) | 2.0 l/ha* | Raising yield, plant resistance to fungal diseases, accumulation of plastic substances for a powerful start in spring of the next year |
| ECOLINE Boron (Organic) | 1.0 l/ha* |
ALMOND
Foliar feeding scheme
| Feeding period | Fertilizer name | Application rate | Purpose of feeding |
| Start of leaf formation | ECOLINE Boron (Premium) | 1.5 l/ha | Improving pollination and resistance to lower temperatures during flowering |
| After flowering | ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Zn) | 2.0 l/ha | Strengthening root system growth, raising plant resistance to adverse conditions, supplying available forms of meso- and microelements |
| ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 1.0 l/ha | ||
| After physiological fruit set drop | ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 2.0 l/ha* | Raising resistance to high temperatures, supplying nutrients that can be blocked at high calcium content in the soil |
| ECOLINE Zinc (Chelate) | 1.0 l/ha | ||
| Fruit formation | ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Zn) | 1.5 l/ha | Raising yield, improving harvest quality |
| ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 1.5 l/ha | ||
| After harvest |
ECOLINE Copper (Chelate) or ECOLINE Phosphite (K) |
2–4 l/ha 3–4 l/ha |
Raising plant resistance to fungal diseases, accumulation of plastic substances for a powerful start in spring of the next year |
| ECOLINE Boron (Premium) | 1.5 l/ha |
HAZELNUT
Foliar feeding scheme
| Feeding period | Fertilizer name | Application rate | Purpose of feeding |
| After flowering | ECOLINE Phosphite (K) | 1.5 l/ha | Improving nutrition conditions |
| ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 2.0 l/ha | ||
| Fruit formation | ECOLINE Boron (Organic) | 1.5 l/ha | Optimizing mineral nutrition conditions during high temperatures and the start of formation of buds for next year's crop |
| ECOLINE Phosphite (K-Zn) | 2.0 l/ha | ||
| ECOLINE Magnesium (Chelates) | 1.5 l/ha | ||
| End of fruiting / Post-fruiting period | ECOLINE Phosphite (K) | 3.0 l/ha | Disease prevention; promoting accumulation of plastic substances |
| ECOLINE Boron (Organic) | 1.5 l/ha |