There has been a huge reduction in autumn sown crops due to the very wet and generally poor sowing conditions last autumn. For those who are able to catch up with increased spring sowings there are challenges ahead.
It might be tempting to assume that these crops with their shorter growing season might require less fertiliser. However not only will many of the valuable nutrients be washed from the soil due to the high winter rainfall, but those crops sown this spring may not be getting the full rooting structure required to develop strong high yielding crops. This could be for a number of reasons including poor cultivated soil structures or just continued damp conditions.
Those crops with longer roots are generally more efficient – being able to tap down further to find essential nutrients. These tend to be the longer growing winter sown crops. Conversely spring sown crops and grasses will struggle far more. It is therefore crucial that you give your plants the best chance and ensure that there are more than adequate nutrients available within reach of the root hairs.
This year above all is not the year to scrimp on your fertiliser applications, however tempting and logical it might appear to be. Furthermore, it is a stark reminder that applications of Phosphate and Potash should be maintained every year . We simply do not know what is around the corner.
Applications of Fibrophos PK Fertilisers covers all bases as it contains all the main nutrients required for growing, healthy profitable crops, with the exception of nitrogen.
Applying Fibrophos PK fertilisers at the rates recommended by your adviser will give you peace of mind that you have sufficient phosphate, potash, sulphur, magnesium and calcium plus a very wide range of trace elements enabling the growing plant to fully utilise any applied nitrogen to the optimum level.
Fibrophos PK fertilisers are priced competitively with comparable fertilisers but have the added bonus of all the extra important elements at no extra cost. Not only that but Fibrophos is resulting from the production of green electricity so is a fully renewable UK produced fertiliser. Applied in bulk by experienced contractors requiring no environmentally harmful plastics, Fibrophos has truly great environmental credentials.
Contact your local distributor to get your soils back into shape this spring.