The right amount and composition of fertiliser is all important for growing plants . After act at Syngenta Flowers for over 40 old age , Technical Specialist Ben Geijtenbeek know what kind of ‘ dinner party ’ crop love the best . In this regards , he be intimate one affair for sure : do n’t wait on your crops a profligate food menu .
“ Fertilizer is for a plant as a daily dinner party for us ” , enjoin Ben . “ The unlike elements as for instance calcium , potassium , magnesium and atomic number 26 are the construction blocks for the works , and no plant food mean no emergence . ” In other Word : bad fertilisation , bad growth .
Single element fertilizersAlthough there are several type of plant food available , Ben advises agriculturist to use the premixed I only for the childlike and quick crops up to 10 weeks refinement time . For the others use the so - called single element fertilizer like Ca nitrate or magnesium sulfate .
“ Unlike the name , all fertilizers control two elements , for instance , calcium and nitrate . Those fertilizers give the good options for the control of the long terminus craw ( > 10 weeks ) as potplants like Cyclamen , Poinsettia and Dipladenia , biennals and perennial , winter crops as Pansy , Primula , Ranunculus , etc . understanding for this , is that with this composition the optimum requirement of the plant can be attain most accurately , found on the available water quality , the indigence of the agriculturalist , the specific harvest and the time of year . "
verbalise about fertilizer , it ’s all a affair of proportions and it is visible on the plants : “ Plants do n’t lie ! ” . “ Out of experience , I can say that the common mistake made , is not enough fertilizer , and insufficient control on EC and pH and , many time , a too simple composition is used . This is the main reasonableness for yellow leaves , unfold ontogeny , deficiency of side shoots , resulting in a bad garden operation . ”
Fast foodIn order to get the best out of the plants , tailor - made advice is the best resolution . you may compare this with fast intellectual nourishment – we can all subsist for a certain time on it , but you ’ll get a serious condition when you adjust your meal on size , historic period , grammatical gender , wellness , taste and personal preferences . A good agriculturist does n’t give truehearted food to his plants , but tries to aline the amount and the counterpoise to his / her specific crop and circumstances . ”
governable and uncontrollable factorsBen : “ The knowledge of a grower in combination with proficient genetics make the achiever . ” The best general advice Ben could give to bring the best out of annuals , is : “ There is a retentive tilt of bad to uncorrectable grow factors in your nursery , such as scant , temperature and humidity . ensure that the bad controllable factor – fertilization – is not out of ambit . It is one of the most important tools to control quality . ”
