+33% Mango yield
Following foliar nutrition with Haifa Multi-K™ at 2% application rate
Foliar Feeding provides fast, on-the-spot nutrition to ensure high, top quality yields. It serves as an effective supplementary feeding to complete soil fertilization and for prompt correction of nutrient deficiencies. Foliar application of nutrients at specific stages of crop development boosts yield and improves quality.
The table below describes a trail that clearly prooved the overall advantage of adding a 2% rate foliar feeding application with Haifa Multi-k™ potassium nitrate
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Crop/cultivar |
Mango / Namdokmai |
|---|---|
| Country / location | Thailand / Pakchong , Nakonratchasrima / |
| Objectives | Increase yield |
| Haifa product tested | Multi-K |
| Application method | Foliar nutrition |
| Tested treatment | 16x foliar application @ 2.0% concentration & 1,562 lit./ha |
| Control treatment results | Total yield = 8.06 MT/ha 51.6 kg/tree, 156 trees/ha Grower’s revenue from yield: 1,052 US$/MT |
| Best treatment results | Total yield = 10.75 MT/ha 68.9 kg/tree. 156 trees/ha Grower’s revenue from yield: 1,143 US$/MT |
| Characteristics of best treatment | Yield increase 2.63 MT/ha Cost of treatment (material + application ) : 390 US$/ha |
| Net benefit of best treatment | 2,616 US$/ha |
| Benefit/Cost ratio | 7.7 |
| Conclusions | All benefits were obtained from increased yield. Other cultivars and other regions should be tested too. |
Need more information about growing mangos ? You can always return to the mango tree fertilizer .
