Fruit crops

Balanced nutrition is needed to maximise strawberry yield. Nitrogen is most important but potassium, calcium, boron and zinc also have important roles.

Apples size is influenced crop nutrition together with pruning and thinning practices. Size is a critical characteristic for grading apples. A minimal size is required on all grades and evenly shaped and sized fruit are desired for all markets.

Calcium is critical in pears, and fruit concentrations need to be double that acceptable for apple.

Raspberries nutrient requirements vary depending on the crop growth stage. Find out which nutrients are most important at different growth stages.

There are a number of variables that define stone fruit quality requirements. Quality standards differ depending on the stone fruit type, growth region and the market.

High grapevine yields are obtained on the most freely drained soils where water is not limiting. Vines will grow across a wide range of soil pHs, but extremes will render many nutrients unavailable and thereby restrict yield.