Onion crop nutrition | Yara Latvija

How to increase your onion yield

Onions and garlic have a relatively low nutrient uptake efficiency, due to their shallow root system characterised by thick roots with very few and short hairs. So to achieve optimum yields it is important to apply nutrients as close as possible to the rooting zone in frequently and readily available forms.

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Onion Crop Nutrition Program

Yara's crop nutrition programs for onions can help you to achieve excellent crop performance and maximise the yield and quality of onion crops.

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Check if your onions have a nutrient deficiency

Identify and diagnose if your onions are suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn how to control or correct the deficiency. Choose a nutrient below to learn more about the symptoms of its deficiency in onions and its effect on crop growth and development.

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How correct nutrient management can affect your onions

Increasing onion bulb size

Planting density is a very important management factor in determining bulb size in onion crops. In addition, good crop nutrition can help growers to achieve a desired diameter. Nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus are essential to influence onion bulb size.

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How to make better informed nutrient decisions

Our collection of tools help you to make better nutrient decisions in making the right fertiliser choice and applying the right amount of nutrients at the right time and in the right place so that the crop yield and quality can be maximised whilst still keeping costs in check, avoiding over-fertilisation and protecting the environment.

CheckIT - to identify nutrient deficiencies

Tankmix IT - to check physical compatibilities

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