Growing beautiful limoniums in greenhouses

Follow Haifa's fertilization program in order to meet the limonium nutrients demand

 

Soil type: Medium
Plant density: 36,000 – 40,000 plants/ha
Fertilization setup: quantitative

 

 

Developmental stage

Nutrient demand (kg/ha/day)

Recommended fertilizers (kg/ha/day)

N

P2O5

K2O

Poly-Feed 20-20-20*

Multi-K

Haifa MAP

A.N.

Establishment

1.9

1.9

1.9

7 - 11.4

0

0

0

Vegetative + Flowering

2.3 - 3.1

0.5

2.9 - 3.6

0

5.7 - 8.6

0.85

5 - 6.4

 

 

* Poly-Feed 23-7-23 is preferable if soil P status is high. 
It is essential that either Poly-Feed formulae will be enriched with micro-nutrients.

 

Multi-K (13-0-46); Haifa MAP (12-61-0); A.N. (ammonium nitrate, 33-0-0)

 

 

 

Nutritional sufficiency ranges

(in leaves from new growth, taken at summer)

 

 

N

3.18-3.38 %

Fe

86-123 ppm

P

3.18-3.38 %

Zn

102-260 ppm

K

2.20-2.83 %

Mn

47-79 ppm

Ca

0.49-0.72 %

B

17-22 ppm

Mg

0.42-0.56 %

   

S

N.A.