In preparation for the next agricultural season, Dizengoff Nigeria is providing farmers its best nutrient balanced range of fertilisers with the aim of increasing agricultural productivity.
According to the company, its goal is to ensure that farmers across the country are able to improve on the quality of the food they produce, while leaving the environment friendlier and improving the quality of their lifestyles.
Farmers need to maximise their yields, so as to meet with the demands, as well as curb the importation of food from outside the country and reduce the pressure on forex, while protecting the environment by minimizing air pollution as well as land and water contamination.
To ensure the best possible yields and the most efficient use of the land, plants must be fed properly. To provide crops with the nutrient necessary for their development, we must use fertilisers.
The goal is to maximise farmers’ yield in a way that he will have maximum economic benefits, so as to gain maximum profits. However, in doing so, we must ensure that in applying our fertilisers, we must not affect the soil or cause any air pollution.
Like human beings, the plants prefer to get its food in measured portions instead of getting it all at once. The fertiliser is dissolved in a tank and then injected into the irrigation system, through what is called fertigation/nutrigation and it is passed unto the plants.
The composition can be adjusted depending on the season, so it adapts with the changing needs of the plants, which is referred to as teaspoon feeding and is applicable to all kinds of crops including vegetables, as well as greenhouse and open field cultivation. Teaspoon feeding is also known as the folia spray.
Folia spray is the application of fertiliser solution on the leaves of the plant. Folia spray at the right time and with the right amount on the leaves of the plant increases the yield and improves on the quality of the crop.
To ensure optimal and effectiveness of the spray on the crops, the plants are usually sprayed during specific times of the day and during critical growth stages of the plant, when their effect is maximal (just before flowering and when the fruit is growing).
When spraying on the plants, some of the fertilisers are absorbed immediately by the plants as soon as it is applied, while some of the fertilisers dry up on the leaves when the air gets hot. At that point, nutrient uptake temporarily stops, but at night, as a result of the dew, the dried fertiliser dissolves and the nutrient uptake is renewed. This circle repeats itself for some couple of days until the fertiliser is completely absorbed by the plant.
Application of the Bonus-NPK fertiliser is suitable for all kinds of field crops, such as maize, soya, cottons etc. To achieve the best result, farmers can adopt the composition of the fertiliser to the plant at the different stages of growth.
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