Kiwi

A balanced fertilization program is the key to obtain a high yield and fruits of the highest quality

Basic Information

Kiwifruit can be grown in most temperate climates with adequate summer conditions. Most kiwifruits, with the exception of rootstock and new cultivars, are propagated asexually. This is done by grafting the fruit producing plant onto rootstock grown from seedlings or, if the plant is desired to be a true cultivar, rootstock grown from cuttings of a mature plant.

Programa Nutricional

Instruções importantes para a utilização: Se vários produtos forem misturados durante a utilização do nosso produto, podem ocorrer efeitos recíprocos imprevistos. Não é possível prever todas as condições que podem ocorrer na prática (por exemplo, temperatura, tipo de água, agentes protectores das culturas). Portanto, é altamente recomendável testar primeiro a compatibilidade e a aplicação dos produtos pretendidos em pequena escala. Exclui-se qualquer responsabilidade por danos que possam resultar de interacções baseadas em misturas - especialmente - com outros produtos, agentes fitossanitários, produtos fitossanitários ou fertilizantes e/ou de condições não usuais (temperatura, tipo de água, etc.). Em caso de dúvida e para obter informações sobre os dados de aplicação, entre em contato com seu fornecedor local, visite nosso site: www.compo-expert.com ou entre em contato por e-mail: info@compo-expert.com.

Detailed Description

Kiwifruit vines require vigorous pruning, similar to that of grapevines. The fruit is set on one-year-old and older canes, but production declines as each cane ages. Canes should be pruned off and replaced after their third year. In the northern hemisphere the fruit ripens in November, while in the southern hemisphere it ripens in May. The plants produce their maximum when they are 8 to 10 years old. The seasonal yields are variable; a heavy crop on a vine one season is generally followed by a light crop the following season.

All nutrients should be applied in plant-available forms. K should preferably be applied as chloride (unless the soil Cl is high, i.e. > 150 ppm and/or soil N is low). K is much more readily absorbed by the kiwifruit in chloride form than as sulfate. Yield differences of up to 30% have been recorded as a benefit of the chloride. Special attention should be paid to boron (B) and sodium (Na), as the kiwifruit is extremely sensitive to the excess of both of these elements in the soil.

Another very important element is Mn, as the kiwi is very susceptible to the deficiencies of this element; it is a precursor for the production of vitamin C, of which the kiwi has a high content.

From sprouting to early flowering, fruit set, fruit growth and harvest, COMPO EXPERT offers a fertigation program for kiwi cultivation with NovaTec^® Solub, and for foliar application Basfoliar^® Kelp SL, for the flowering (a very delicate stage for kiwis) Basfoliar^® ZnMn Flo as well as the NKP Original GOLD.

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