Garlefan Crop Manager, Alistair Weaver has enjoyed great success with fertigation in recent years, finding liquid fertilisers to be an easy to use and effective source of nutrition.
The Canterbury, New Zealand property grows blackcurrants for use in Ribena and understandably, a premium is placed on fruit quality.
Garlefan uses T-Tape in order to efficiently deliver a range of high analysis nutrition products to their crop.
To help develop an effective liquid nutrition program, Weaver enlisted the help of leading liquid fertiliser company, Agrichem.
Agrichem?s representative in New Zealand, Roger Davies says Garlefan makes use of a range of starter and NPK fertilisers as well as Zinc and Boron products around fruit fill. Weaver testifies that the benefits are paying off.
?We have excellent vigour in our blackcurrant crop now and we get many comments from people impressed with the quality of our fruit.?
?We?ve also enjoyed similar success with other crops such as onions. They now have thicker, better quality skins and an increased shelf life.?
Mr Weaver says that in-house trials conducted in their pack house proved the benefits of the products he was applying.?
He says that liquids have proven to be an easy to use and highly efficient form of nutrition and is pleased with the quality and service Agrichem has offered.
Mr Davies says that Agrichem can tailor a nutrient program according to the specific needs of individual growers and invites other growers to contact him for advice on 0274 361 371.