Using Haifa's fertilizers and following the fertigation program help increase the lettuce yield
Growing medium: soil.
Plant population: 40,000-65,000 plants/Ha.
Expected yield: 30-34 Ton/ha.
Recommended total rates of nutrients (Kg/Ha)
|
N |
P2O5 |
K2O |
|---|---|---|
|
130-150 |
40-50 |
200-260 |
Fertigation (Kg/Ha/day)
|
Growth Stage |
Nutrient demand |
Recommended fertilizers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N |
P2O5 |
K2O |
AN |
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| Emergence to day 15 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
0.65 |
0.3 |
| From day 16 to day 30 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
3.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
| From day 31 to day 45 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
3.6 |
7.8 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
| From day 46 to day 65 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Macro elements removed by 1 ton marketable product
|
N |
P |
K |
Ca |
Mg |
S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
---------------------------------------------------Kg / ton----------------------------------------- |
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|
1.5-2.5 |
0.2-0.4 |
2-4 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
Approximate nitrogen requirement
|
N |
N |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Crop |
Growth stage |
low |
high |
low |
high |
| Lettuce |
early growth |
5 |
10 |
5.6 |
11.2 |
|
cupping |
10 |
20 |
11.2 |
22.4 |
|
|
head filling |
15 |
30 |
16.8 |
33.6 |
|
Source: Blaine Hansen, 1996. Fertilizing Row Crops With Drip Irrigation Nov/Dec. Irrigation Journal
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