Thursday, July 24, 2014

Summer tissue sampling for fertility recommendations

Here is a re-post from last year, its almost time for you to take your leaf tissue samples

Now is the time to do some tissue sampling in blackberry. Plant tissue samples will help you determine needs and adjustments. IN NC, samples should be taken after fruit harvested from the plants. Leaves from the 3-5th node of the primocane plant should be sampled and sent to NCDA and they will make recommendations for the following season. Keep your records so you can see if there are trends in your fields. Below are the recommended levels of macro and micronutrients.

More about how to determine most recently matured leaf (MRML) is at http://www.ncagr.gov/agronomi/pdffiles/sampta.pdf


 Nutritional Status change for primocane MRML about 10 days - 2 weeks after harvest
 NCDA
%


ppm
N
2.4-3

Fe
50-300
P
0.15-0.6

Mn
50-250
K
1-2

Zn
30-46
Ca
0.5-1

Cu
7-15
Mg
0.3-0.5

B
30-50
S
0.13-0.6

Mo
0.04-2

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