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How to increase pome fruit numbers
In order to obtain high pome fruit yields it is important to achieve the right balance of fruit number on the tree. Trees with a heavy load will have more disorder problems, because the high numbers of fruits compete for the available calcium. Equally, those with a low fruit load could suffer from calcium dilution problems because fruit size is large. Thus, a correct balance between crop load and fruit size is important. All crop nutrients must be available to the crop at the required rate and balance.
Check if your apples have a nutrient deficiency
Identify and diagnose if your apple trees are suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn how to control or correct the deficiency. Choose a nutrient below to learn more about the symptoms of its deficiency in apples and its effect on growth and development.
How nutrient management can affect pome fruits
Increasing pome fruit weight
Pome fruit weight is an important element for increasing yields. Provided that a desired quality is maintained, the aim of growers is to produce heavier fruits. Crop nutrition plays an important role on increasing apple weight.
Improving pome fruit colouration
Colour of the skin is a very appealing pome fruit quality to consumers. Therefore, growers generally seek to improve fruit colouration. Crop nutrition can help to achieve the desired appearance.
Increasing pome fruit firmness
Over-use or late applications of nitrogen reduces apple firmness, potentially resulting in more damage in transit and storage, and a reduced shelf life.
How to make better informed nutrient decisions
Our collection of tools help you to make better nutrient decisions in making the right fertiliser choice and applying the right amount of nutrients at the right time and in the right place so that the crop yield and quality can be maximised whilst still keeping costs in check, avoiding over-fertilisation and protecting the environment.
