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Welcome to the North San Joaquin Valley Cling Peach Day Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension & the California Cling Peach Board
Fertilization Guidelines for Peaches Roger Duncan Pomology & Viticulture Advisor University of California Cooperative Extension Stanislaus County
Today we will discuss: • Nitrogen • Phosphorus • Potassium • Zinc
A good fertility program is based on: • Replacing what is removed with the crop – shouldn’t be based on “what I always do” • Monitoring long term trends with annual tissue samples • Occasional soil samples for gradual changes in soil chemistry. • Yield is already affected by the time you see symptoms
Nitrogen Deficiency • Mild deficiency: lack of growth, smaller, pale green leaves with red tinge • N is mobile, shows in old and new leaves
Nitrogen Deficiency • As deficiency worsens, leaves get yellower and smaller • May develop red spots
Nitrogen Deficiency • Lower N favors good color in fresh market fruit
Crop load drives demand for N: • Between 2 – 3 pounds of N removed with every ton of peaches • Perennial structure requires additional ~ 20 lb. per acre – More in high density orchards • Leaves & prunings ~ 60 lb. (80 -90% recycled)
Approximate N fertilizer requirements for mature peach and nectarine orchards. • • • Assumes that prunings are not removed from the orchard 2. 69 lbs. N are removed per ton yield 19 lb for perennial part of tree 90% recycle of leaves & prunings (~ 9 pounds) N use efficiency is 70% Yield (tons / acre) 6 12 18 24 30 N (lb / acre) 63 86 109 132 155
Excessive N Fertilization Leads to: • • Excessive shoot growth Increased (summer) pruning costs Excessive shading of lower wood Shorter orchard lifespan More brown rot Poor coloration and delayed harvest (fresh market) Potential ground water contamination Regulations
Leaf sampling procedure: • June – July • Sample each variety / block separately • Weaker or “different” areas of a block should be sampled separately
Leaf sampling procedure: • 60 – 100 mid shoot leaves from current season shoots. • Leaves treated with foliar zinc are not useful to determine zinc status • Trees sprayed with N should not be sampled for at least one week • Analyze promptly or refrigerate
Dormant Shoot Sampling: • July sampled leaves too late for current season adjustment and for zinc contamination • Sample 30 – 40 moderately vigorous shoots 10 -20 inches long from lower canopy. • Guidelines are for January but fall may give similar results
UC Guidelines for Nitrogen in July. Sampled Leaves and Dormant Shoots July Leaf (%) Deficient Adequate Excessive Fresh Market < 2. 3 2. 4 – 3. 0 > 3. 0 Processing < 2. 4 2. 6 – 3. 5 > 3. 5 Dormant Shoot (%) 1. 2
Nitrogen Fertilizers: • Trees don’t care – N is taken up as nitrate whether organic or inorganic • Nitrate very mobile in soil, leachable • Ammonium less mobile but converted to NO 3 within days at warm temps – Nitrification; acidifies soil • Urea converted to ammonium, will volatilize quickly on soil surface
Time of Nitrogen Fertilizer Application: • Trees take up almost no nitrogen when leaves are absent. • Nitrogen for spring growth comes from N stored in roots, trunk, shoots. • Nitrogen applied before leaf out is susceptible to loss by leaching and volatilization.
Time of Nitrogen Fertilizer Application: • Peaches relatively low users of nitrogen compared to almonds so don’t need to “front load” so much. • Extra earlies (especially May – June fresh market peaches) – Too much N early leads to excessive growth after harvest, poor quality – Late summer applications might be good strategy • Provides N for next year’s crop without excessive post-harvest growth – Foliar urea in fall
Foliar Nitrogen Application: • Studies show that 20 – 50% of N can be supplied through the leaves • Urea is cheapest and mostly easily absorbed into the leaf • Up to 50 lbs. of N / acre (100 lbs. urea) can be sprayed per application • Multiple applications OK two weeks apart
Foliar Nitrogen Application: • When to spray • October – Before natural leaf senescence – September too soon due to earlier defoliation • If combined with zinc, more N (and Zn) mobilized into storage than if applied alone
Phosphorus • P deficiency is very rare in California • Most soils contain a lot of P, most is in unavailable form
Phosphorus Deficiency • Lack of spring growth
Phosphorus Deficiency • Reddening of new growth in spring • More mature leaves can be darker green than normal
Phosphorus Deficiency • Phosphorus deficient leaves turn purple in fall
Phosphorus Deficiency • Branches can defoliate and collapse under severe deficiency
Phosphorus Deficiency • Some varieties may crack under severe P deficiency
UC Guidelines for Phosphorus in July. Sampled Leaves and Dormant Shoots Deficient Adequate July Leaf (%) < 0. 12* 0. 12 – 0. 3 Excessive > 0. 4 Dormant Shoot (%) 1. 1 *Previous literature cited 0. 10% P as adequate for leaves
Phosphorus Fertilization: • Very rarely needed in California peaches • 0. 5 – 1. 0 lb. P 2 O 5 removed per ton of fruit – 10 – 20 lb. P 205 in a 20 ton crop • P is very immobile in soil. Cannot be leached with irrigation or rain. Therefore timing is not important. • Usually drilled 6 -8 inches deep • If fertigated by drip, be careful not plug with calcium phosphate precipitate
Phosphorus Fertilization: • Side note – phosphorous acid materials (phosphites) do not supply tree with P • Good for Phytophthora management, not as a P fertilizer
Potassium (a. k. a. Potash) • More potassium removed than N • Can influence fruit size • Might be neglected more than it should be
Potassium (a. k. a. Potash) • Deficiency usually first seen in early summer • Potassium deficient leaves tend to roll at the edges – Midshoot leaves affected most
Potassium Deficiency • Leaves may also be a little pale. Margins may scorch
Potassium Deficiency • Fruit set, shoot growth and leaf size is reduced • Fruit size and color are reduced • *Fruit size can be reduced before other signs are obvious
Potassium Deficiency • Severe potassium deficiency can lead to defoliation and limb death
UC Guidelines for Potassium in -Sampled Leaves Deficient Adequate July Leaf (%) < 1. 0 > 1. 2* July Dormant Shoot (%) ? Excessive *Probably should be > 1. 5% K to ensure that the majority of trees are over 1. 2%
Potassium Fertilization: • Average of 4 – 5 lb. K 2 O (3. 3 – 4. 2 lb. K) removed per ton of fruit • = 80 – 100 lb. K 2 O in 20 ton yield
Potassium Fertilizers: • Potassium can be tightly bound to clay particles so generally we apply high quantities in concentrated applications to overcome problem • Less of an issue in sandy soil or where active roots are very shallow – Drip or microsprinklers • Adding gypsum (Ca. SO 4) can help K move deeper in soil
Potassium Fertilizers: • Potassium chloride (KCl) • Probably cheapest form per pound of K 2 O but risky due to Cl component • Should be applied after leaf drop in fall • Sulfate of potash (K 2 SO 4) – More expensive than KCl but safer – Not soluble but can be applied through solutionizer – May be able to broadcast in sandy soil under microsprinkler
Potassium Fertilizers: • If banding sulfate of potash (K 2 SO 4) in drip-irrigated orchard, drip hose must be placed over band
Potassium Fertilizers: • Potassium nitrate (KNO 3) – Also supplies N which should be accounted for – Can be applied as foliar spray – Foliar KNO 3 applied during stage III may be effective – high demand period – May require multiple sprays at 40 lb to correct deficiency • Potassium thiosulfate (KTS 0 -0 -25) – Efficiently applied with fertigation but more expensive
Zinc - Influences on Deficiency: • Soil p. H – Zn availability decreases over p. H 6. 0 • Lime (calcium carbonate) ties up zinc. Magnesium carbonate is worse • Land leveling - zinc content decreases with soil depth. • High amounts of phosphorus (ties up zinc)
Zinc - Influences on Deficiency: • Organic matter and manure – Zinc is less available in soils with a high OM content. – Heavy manure - chicken manure is particularly bad • High levels of other metallic elements (copper, iron, manganese) can induce zinc deficiency • Cool, wet soils • Rootstock (nemaguard is bad)
Zinc Deficiency • Interveinal yellowing with mild zinc deficiency
Zinc Deficiency Very small, pale, pointy leaves in a rosette (very short space between leaves) with more severe zinc deficiency
Zinc Deficiency Extreme deficiency looks like glyphosate damage
UC Guidelines for Zinc in July-Sampled Leaves and Dormant Shoots Deficient July Leaf (ppm)1 Dormant Shoot (ppm) < 152 < 15 1 Leaf samples are not reliable if orchard has been previously sprayed with zinc 2 Recent experiments indicate that a threshold of 10 ppm zinc is more appropriate for July-sampled leaves
Foliar Applications of Zinc
Zinc Materials Basic Chemicals • Zn sulfate • Zn oxide • Zn carbonate • Zn chloride • Zn oxysulfate • Zn nitrate Chelates & Complexes • EDTA • Lignosulfonate • Amino acid • Sugar • Citric acid • Fulvic acid, humic acid
Zinc Materials Zinc Sulfate (35% Zn) • Inexpensive • Very soluble • Widely used • Considered to be effective • Can be phytotoxic
Zinc Materials Basic or Neutral Zinc • Cost = 2 x Zn sulfate • Mostly insoluble • Widely used • Considered to be effective • Not phytotoxic • Can be mixed with oil
Zinc Materials Amino Acid Complexes • Expensive • Considered to be effective • Can be phytotoxic • 6 to 7% zinc
Zinc Materials Zinc Chelates • Not cheap • Usually EDTA • Low phytotoxicity • 7 to 9% zinc
Zinc Sulfate Damage Sprayed in April at 1000 ppm (2 lb)
Fruit Damage from Zinc Sprays
Leaf & Fruit Damage on Peach, Plum and Apricot Trees Sprayed in April with Different Formulations of Zn at 1, 000 ppm Nitrate EDTA A. A. Complex Lignosulfonate Sulfate Fulvic Fruit damage Leaf damage Neutral -52% Control 0 1 2 3 Damage Rating 4 5
Zinc Formulations Applied Foliarly to Peach Seedlings Leaf Area on Lateral Shoots 300 a a 250 200 b b b Leaf Area 150 2 (cm ) 100 b c 50 0 UTC SO 4 Zn to Roots O + SO 4 EDTA Treatment Polyamine Leonardite
Comparing Zinc Formulations Most Effective = Nitrate (Patrick’s mix) Sulfate – 36% Carbohydrate (Zicron) Polyamine EDTA Leonardite Oxysulfate – 52% Least Effective = Zn. O Suspension
Strategies with Zinc Sulfate (Timing, Rate, etc) 1. Spring – Phytotoxicity concerns 2. All Season – Low rate 3. Fall or Dormant
Strategies with Zinc Sulfate (Timing, Rate, etc) 1. Spring – Phytotoxicity concerns Zn Oxide or Neutral Zn? 2. All Season – Low rate 3. Fall or Dormant
Strategies with Zinc Sulfate (Timing, Rate, etc) 1. Spring – Phytotoxicity concerns Zn Oxide or Neutral Zn? 2. All Season – Low rate Efficiency? 3. Fall or Dormant
Strategies with Zinc Sulfate (Timing, Rate, etc) 1. Spring – Phytotoxicity concerns Zn Oxide or Neutral Zn? 2. All Season – Low rate Efficiency? 3. Fall or Dormant Early fall better than late fall Use rate that doesn’t defoliate quickly
Strategies with Zinc Sulfate (Timing, Rate, etc) 1. Spring – Phytotoxicity concerns Zn Oxide or Neutral Zn? 2. All Season – Low rate Efficiency? 3. Fall or Dormant Early fall better than late fall Use rate that doesn’t defoliate quickly Fall better than dormant
Zinc Conversions (Approximate) Zn Concentration (ppm) 100 200 300 400 500 1, 000 2, 000 5, 000 10, 000 Zn Sulfate/100 gals (lbs) 36% Zn Zn EDTA/100 gals (qrts/ gals) 9% Zn Zn Metalosate/100 (gals) 6. 8% Zn 0. 2 0. 5 0. 7 0. 9 1 2 5 12 23 1/3 qt 2/3 qt 1/3 gal ½ gal 1 gal 2 gals 4 gals 8 gals 1 pint 1 qt 3 pints ½ gal 5 qts 2. 5 gals
Cost of Zinc Materials - October 2007 Zn Metalosate 6. 8% Zn Fulvic 10% N Zn Zn Leonardite Zn EDTA $33. 51 $17. 01 5% $16. 51 6. 5% $15. 19 9% $12. 88 Zn Ligno-Sulfonate 7% Zn. O Suspension 40% Neutral Zn 52% Zn Sulfate 36% Zn Oxide 80% $9. 15 $7. 55 $4. 12 $2. 22 $1. 15 0 10 20 30 40
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