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Controlled release fertilizer for exotic fruits

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20Sep2016

Controlled release fertilizer for exotic fruits

By Gadi Shiftan

As part of my summer visit in the US, I got an opportunity to join Scott Todd from the Haifa North America office on his tour with our local distributers and growers in southern Florida.


Florida, known for its humid climate condition and heavy precipitation in the Miami area is ideal for tropical crops that love wet climate, with lots of rain, high temperatures and humidity. Under such conditions, commodities fertilizers can be easily leached to ground water, leading to a negative environmental impact.

 

Multicote™ Agri, Controlled Release Fertilizer provides good solution for this issue. Growers can fertilize once or twice a year, and with the correct formulation the crop will enjoy continuous feed all year long, with high/low levels of N/P/K per crop demand. The unique polymeric coating is an effective solution for continuous release of nutrients to the root zone, matching plant requirements without contamination of groundwater.

 

 

Pitaya

  Also known as Dragon Fruit is a tropical crop, not a tree, but a Cactus. The grower, was very happy with Multicote™ Agri due to reduction on labor costs – the single application saves the need deal with fertilizing every few weeks.
 

Did you know?

  Pitaya's flowers bloom only at night and they use bats & moths for polination
 

 
Mamey (Mamey Sapote)
 
A evergreen Tree, mostly grown in Central America, but also in south Florida.
 
The fruit consumed and eaten fresh or used for milkshakes, ice cream and more.
 
One grower of Mamey which we visited has been happy using Multicote due to the noticeable difference in vegetative growth. He also noticed the better fruit set by numbers and quality achieved from the extended release of potassium. This grower has learned that not all fertilizers are created equal and that a product formulated with quality ingredients (including Multicote) from Haifa can make a world of improvement.
 
 
 

       

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