Season after season, growers are faced with a variety of crop stresses that are simply out of the industries' control. While nature and weather will take their course, with YaraLiva Calcium Nitrate growers can give their plants and trees the strength needed to protect against diseases and environmental stresses such as heat, drought, salinity and excessive sodium.
Calcium is key throughout the life of the plant, right through to harvest. Roots need calcium for growth and a consistent supply is directly related to early fruit growth, healthy cell division, and the overall strength and health of fruits and vegetables. Alongside potassium, nitrogen is the plant nutrient required in greatest quantities. Nitrogen is key for chlorophyll production and plays a major role in cell division, growth of new tissues and root system development.
The preferred form of nitrogen for plant uptake is nitrate, and plants can be susceptible to ammonium-nitrogen toxicity especially in cool wet soils. Higher plants, including many fruit and vegetable species, are especially sensitive to ammonium. Nitrogen sources in the form of urea or ammonium take time to convert to nitrate in the soil, leaving plants vulnerable. With fully soluble calcium and nitrate-nitrogen, YaraLiva products guarantee these critical nutrients are quickly and efficiently available to crops.
Nutrient loss from harvest partnered with upcoming abiotic stresses such as heavy rain and hot weather creates an essential time to apply the nutrients that will best prepare the tree. During the summer months, the grower must work with the weather to supply nutrients that are available for root absorption. Fertigation spoon-feeding of YaraLiva CN-9 supplies nitrate nitrogen and 100% available calcium directly to the root zone for efficient uptake and improving overall tree health. For a fertigated blend, YaraTera NITRAKAL MAX1 not only offers both nitrogen and calcium in the nitrate form but potassium as well which adds fuel for fruit health and development.
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Kelsey Gunthorp, Regional Sales Manager
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(863) 446-1277
Taylor Sewell, Sales Agronomist
taylor.sewell@yara.com
(813) 758-3815
Asen Asparuhov, Regional Sales Manager
asen.asparuhov@yara.com
(559) 881-0719
Vanessa Vicencio, Sales Agronomist
vanessa.vicencio@yara.com
(559) 909-5175