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Apple Tree Foliar Spray Schedule

The document outlines a foliar spray schedule for apple trees, detailing the nutrients, their sources, quantities, spray intervals, and purposes. Key nutrients include Zinc, Boron, and Calcium, each with specific timing to enhance fruit quality and yield. Additionally, it provides optimum soil values and sampling methods for nutrient testing to ensure healthy apple tree growth.

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Apple Tree Foliar Spray Schedule

The document outlines a foliar spray schedule for apple trees, detailing the nutrients, their sources, quantities, spray intervals, and purposes. Key nutrients include Zinc, Boron, and Calcium, each with specific timing to enhance fruit quality and yield. Additionally, it provides optimum soil values and sampling methods for nutrient testing to ensure healthy apple tree growth.

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Foliar spray schedule for apple trees

Nutrient Salts Quantity Spray Time of Spray Purpose of Spray


Element Used (g/L of Interval
Water)

Zinc (Zn) Zinc 5 g/L 1-2 sprays at May - June - Promotes enzyme
Sulphate 15-day activation and hormonal
intervals balance
- Prevents rosetting (small,
clustered leaves) and
ensures proper fruit size.
- Improves yield

Boron (B) Boric Acid 1 g/L 2 sprays One at pink bud stage - Enhances pollen
& another after petal germination for better fruit
fall (May - June) set
- Prevents corking and fruit
cracking *Enhances sugar
and nutrient transport

Calcium Calcium 5 g/L 2 sprays 1st spray 45 days - Prevents bitter pit and
(Ca) Chloride before harvest, 2nd fruit cracking
spray after 15 days of - Improves fruit firmness
1st spray and storage life

The optimum values :

Organic Carbon 5-10 mg/kg

Nitrogen (N) 280- 560 kg/ha

Phosphorus (P) 10-25 kg/ha

Potassium (K) 118- 260 kg/ha

pH within the range of 5.8 and 6.5

Low pH can result in high solubility of some nutrients, such as manganese and aluminium,
leading to toxic levels within the plant. High pH can lead to plant deficiencies due to low
solubility of nutrients and subsequent low plant uptake

Sample is taken from the tree basin (in case of traditional orchards) or from the adjoining area
of tree line in a high density orchard from a depth of 20 cm. Sampling has to be done from
atleast 3 to 10 trees. Ultimately about 500 grams soil is taken for testing after quartering.

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