Because of the weather, which delays harvesting of preceding crops, at least half of the planned winter cereal area will be sown late.
Is this good or not? On the one hand it seems good, since weeds will have less chance, and later tillage should reduce the number of turnip moth larvae.
But there are negatives too:
- winter cereal plants have less time for root and leaf growth and development;
- plants will not be able to take up the necessary mineral nutrients from colder soil, which in turn will adversely affect the accumulation of dry matter, in particular sugars, needed for overwintering.
What to do in this situation? ECOORGANIC recommends that during seed dressing you be sure to add the special fertilizers GROS Rootgrowth 1.0 l/t + ECOLINE Phosphite (K) 0.5 l/t to the tank mix. These compositions promote faster germination of seed and rooting of plants, speed up the development of the root system of winter cereals and, thanks to the ability of phosphite to be absorbed at lower temperatures (from +5OC), optimize nutrition and preparation of plants for overwintering.
For crops that lag in growth, we recommend foliar feeding with the tank mix GROS Phosphito-NP 1.0 l/ha + ECOLINE Zinc (Chelate) 0.5 l/ha.
