Agricultural, Benefits of Zinc, Bloom, Foliar Nutrients, Harvest, Wine Grapes, Zinc
With bud break getting underway in wine grapes across California, and soon to follow in the Pacific Northwest, our PCA and Territory Sales Manager Chris Rhoades has nutrient advice to help reduce wine grape shatter. Chris has been in vineyards over the past few weeks...
Agricultural, Bloom, Fertilizers, Foliar Nutrients, Stone Fruit, Tree Fruit, Tree Nuts, Wine Grapes
Performance is More Than a Derived From Statement A question we often get from field men and growers, is how our TECH-GRO® MIRA-CAL differs from hydrated lime. MIRA-CAL is after all, derived from hydrated lime. We take our raw ingredients, put them through a chemical...
Agricultural, Bloom, Foliar Nutrients, Freeze Protection, Harvest, Tree Nuts
Growers know that bigger nuts mean a bigger payday, but can you really expect foliar nutrients to make a noticeable difference in yield? When we approached an Almond grower in Gustine, CA about comparing his current foliar program against ours he didn’t expect to see...
Bloom, Foliar Nutrients, Harvest, Wine Grapes
As spring approaches, wine grape growers are turning in their pruning shears for pre-bloom sprays. The following is a sample program that our technical sales rep, Chris Rhoades, uses as the basis of his wine grape program. He customizes the program based on tissue...
Agricultural, Benefits of Zinc, Bloom, Boric Acid, Boron, Foliar Nutrients, Stone Fruit, Tree Fruit, Zinc
Delayed dormant sprays replenish essential nutrients like Zinc just as deciduous trees come out of dormancy, when buds are just starting to break, but leaf and flower buds have not yet begun to emerge. Zinc deficiency is well known in eastern Washington in perennial...