The importance of iron application late summer early autumn strawberries
Strawberry production will be in the final parts of picking at this time. Iron deficiency can normally be observed at this time on the leaf as the plant is giving most of its resources to fruit production.
Iron deficiency takes time. In severe cases a foliar feed like YaraVita FERLEAF 100 can be applied to relieve the situation. For crops that will be kept through the winter and given the reduction in NPK inputs late summer into early autumn is good timing to fertigate iron into both the bag and plant as they grow down into winter. Filling the strawberry plants with Iron now like YaraTera Rexolin Q15 a chelated product releases the need to do so in the early part of next year when the fertigation can concentrate on nitrogen and low PK inputs through an A/B system without the complication of iron in the system.
