Pre-Planting

• Nitrogen and Potassium - promote strong early growth
• Phosphorus - maximize root development
• Calcium - boost root and leaf growth
• Boron, Zinc, Manganese and Molybdenum - ensure good shoot growth

Vegetative Growth

• Nitrogen and Phosphorus - ensure continued growth
• Potassium and Magnesium - maximize concentrations in leaf tissue prior to flowering
• Calcium - maintain vigorous plant growth
• Boron - ensure good flowering and fruit set
• Sulfur - essential for protein synthesis to ensure good leaf quality and that growth in not limited
• Other micronutrients - ensure good leaf quality and that growth is not limiting

Flowering

• Potassium - maintain plant growth and maximize flower numbers
• Phosphorus - fruit development
• Calcium - maximize crop reproductive development and to ensure good supplies during early fruiting
• Magnesium - improve flowering and crop production
• Boron and Zinc - maximize flower set, development and fruiting
• Manganese, Molybdenum and Zinc - support good growth

Fruit Set

• Nitrogen - in reduced amounts to maintain fruit fill
• Potassium - to minimize fruit disorders
• Calcium - maintain good rind, pulp firmness and quality and reduce BER risks
• Magnesium - maximum requirements for quality fruit production are at this stage
• Boron - ensure good skin finish and to aid calcium mobility

Fruit Fill

• Nitrogen - in reduced amounts to maintain fruit fill and high sugars; excess can lead to rots and skin blemishes
• Potassium - maximize high potassium levels in the fruit and minimize disorders
• Calcium - maintain good fruit firmness and quality and reduce BER risks
• Boron - ensure even ripening and good calcium supply to the fruit
• Magnesium, Iron, Manganese and Zinc - promote healthy fruit-fill