End of season soil sample on kept strawberry crops
The end of the season is fast approaching, there is a significant benefit to planning an end of season soil or substrate analysis. This should be considered as it offers the grower two separate opportunities to understand what is going on in the bag.
Firstly, when this result is compared to the earlier soil and leaf analysis, the fertigation manager can see what nutrients have been used up by the crop and what nutrients may still be left within the bag. This would allow for fine-tuning of the following year's ratio’s to limit next years build up. Secondly, the information when combined with next year’s start test, will allow the grower to see what has happened over the winter period. Though plants remain dormant, the bags are often watered by the weather and an element of residual salts and minerals may be washed out of the bag. Combining this to the following years fertigation allows the grower the opportunity to aim to start the main crop year with as close to a clean bag as possible.
Late season soil or substrate analysis can be made with Yara Analytical Services.
