A small investment that leads to big results. Discover the benefit of foliar nutrition with Haifa Bonus
Foliar Feeding provides fast, on-the-spot nutrition to ensure high, top quality yields. It serves as an effective supplementary feeding to complete soil fertilization and for prompt correction of nutrient deficiencies. Foliar application of nutrients at specific stages of crop development boosts yield and improves quality.
Haifa offers a range of premium fertilizers for foliar application, all designed for safe use and complete consumption by the crops, consist of pure plant nutrients, and free of chloride.
Haifa’s portfolio of foliar feeding products covers the entire range of essential plant nutrients.
Haifa offers a selection of premium products for foliar application, all containing pure plant nutrients, free of chloride, sodium, and any other detrimental materials.
Poly-Feed™ soluble NPK formulae is designed for crop feeding with optimal, balanced nutrition throughout the growth season.
Haifa Bonus™ is a high-K foliar formula (13-2-44), based on Haifa’s Multi-K™ potassium nitrate. Phosphate enrichment balances the nutritional value of Haifa Bonus™, and improves its compatibility with various agrochemicals. Other Haifa Bonus™ formulae are available upon request.
Poly-Feed™ Foliar Stage-Specific Formulas
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EDTA chelates
Poly-Feed™ Foliar Crop-Specific Formulas
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Poly-Feed™ MAR
A variety of Poly-Feed™ formulas are available, enriched with 0.5% or 1% seaweed extracts. Seaweed extracts contain a wide range of nutrients, growth bio-stimulants and conditioners that act together to improve plant development.
More fertilizers for foliar application
Magnisal™ magnesium nitrate, 11-0-0+16MgO
Haifa MAP™ mono-ammonium phosphate, 12-61-0
Haifa MKP™ mono-potassium phosphate 0-52-34
Haifa ProteK™ potassium phosphate and phosphite, a systemic fertilizer higly recommended to enhance the plant’s resistance towards various diseases
Growth boosting
A precise timing of foliar nutrition lead to growth and yield improvement.
Certain phases of plant development are highly important in determining the final yield. A foliar nutrition precisely given during these specific phenology stages ensures optimal growth, and best possible yield. In relatively low concentrations at these critical stages, foliar nutrition boosts physiological processes of the plant, ensures optimal development, and contributes significantly to higher yields and better quality.
Specific induction
Foliar fertilizers activate particular plant mechanisms.
Foliar application of certain fertilizers are known to induce dormancy breaking in grapes and deciduous fruit trees. They are also efficient in stimulating flowering, mainly in mango.
Tips for a successful foliar fertilization
General
• Spray during the cooler and more humid hours of the day
• Spray when wind is low
• Never spray plants under stress
• Test for possible side-effects or phytotoxicity by a small trial, spraying a week prior to the intended commercial treatments
• After spraying rinse thoroughly the sprayer and all its parts with fresh water
Setting application rates
• Consider both spray concentration and spray volume.
• If you apply smaller (or larger) volume than recommended, increase (or decrease) the fertilizer concentration of the spray solution accordingly, to keep the total application rate per unit of area.
• Avoid concentrated sprays, as they might scorch leaves.
• Plants in areas of humid climate tend to have thinner leaf cuticle, which make them more susceptible to phytotoxcity.
For this reason, spray concentrations must be considered more cautiously in these areas.
Preparation of tank mix
• Fill 1/4 - 1/3 of the spray tank with water. Add the entire amount of the fertilizer(s) and then fill up the tank with water.
• When preparing tank mix that includes pesticides, it is advisable:
- To keep the pH of the spray solution at level of 5.5 -6.5, to avoid alkaline hydrolysis of the pesticides.
Note: In general, Haifa’s foliar products are slightly acidic, requiring lower rates of acid to set the pH of the spray solution.
- To perform a compatibility test of the spray-mix prior to large-scale treatment.
Haifa offers a selection of premium products for foliar application, all containing pure plant nutrients, free of chloride, sodium, and any other detrimental materials.
Seaweed extracts: small addition that goes a long way. A variety of Poly-Feed™ formulas are available, enriched with 0.5% or 1% seaweed extracts.
The seaweed extracts contain a wide range of nutrients, growth bio-stimulants and conditioners that act together to improve both plant development and soil properties. The seaweed extracts catalyze cellular metabolism and enhance cellular production of growth hormones, two processes that promote plant development.
- Better plant development
- Enriched plant nutrition
- Improved plant strength
Additionally, the seaweed extracts help to increase the population of beneficial microbes in the soil. These microbes create a “biological barrier” between the plant and pathogens, and improve the natural tolerance of the plant.
Haifa ProteK™ potassium phosphate and phosphite, a systemic fertilizer higly recommended to enhance the plant’s resistance towards various diseases
Meet FoliMatch™: your foliar feeding advisor
FoliMatch™ is designed to provide worldwide growers a handy tool to optimize foliar nutrition. Based on methodological data at the user’s location, together with on-location parameters, growers are able to have an accurate recommendation and precise calculations needed for properly applying foliar fertilizers.
Haifa’s FoliMatch™ database includes the most relevant crops for foliar feeding application, with a special attention to specific phenology stages for each crop.
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eeding provides fast, on-the-spot nutrition to ensure high, top quality yields. It serves as an effective supplementary feeding to complete soil fertilization and for prompt correction of nutrient deficiencies. Foliar application of nutrients at specific stages of crop development boosts yield and improves quality.
FoliMatch™ is designed to provide worldwide growers a handy tool to optimize foliar nutrition. Based on methodological data at the user’s location, together with on-location parameters, growers are able to have an accurate recommendation and precise calculations needed for properly applying foliar fertilizers.
