Bloom-stage: early development
Awaken the Potential of Your Crop
At bloom-stage, many growers apply foliar nutrients to complement pollination activities. Treatments can include things like nutrients, minerals, bio-stimulants, etc.
Before you make a buying decision for your farm, here are some vital questions to consider and answer, for any bloom-stage fertility product.
What are you trying to do? Increase crop yields? Improve plant health? Both?
Does your orchard awaken and bloom unevenly?
Do your pollenizers bloom out-of-sync with the primary crop?
Do you have premature drop? April? May? Both?
Are you suffering from “incomplete pollination?”
Do your trees often come out of bloom looking “frail” and distressed?
If you answered “Yes” to any of these five questions, you are likely dealing with a plant energy deficit. Nutrients and energy are not the same thing. When a field has an energy deficit, correcting it as soon as possible is vital, in order to maintain productive growth activities. Until that energy need is satisfied, your orchards’ yield potential will likely not be realized.
“...understand that energy precedes matter and that a seed is a compact unit of energy (an entire plant’s worth of energy) can appreciate that ovum and pollen production, with subsequent fertilization and zygote formation, requires a tremendous amount of energy. The reproductive parts...are the most highly energetic areas of the organism… energy that is required for vitality becomes concentrated in the seed. The greater the concentration, the greater the seed’s viability, provided there is sufficient biologically active nutrient present to hold the energy intact.”
- Science in Agriculture Dr. Arden Andersen
The Greatest limiting Factors to successful pollination are nutrient and energy deficiencies.
“The true color of the flower...is realized in direct proportion to the completeness of nutrient availability for the flower. In addition, nutrient completeness determines the net signal emitted by the nectar. In combination, the color signal and the nectar signal become the attractant signal that is tracked by the bee. The bee intuitively knows that it needs nutritionally sound nectar to maintain its health. Therefore, if the bee has a choice, it will track only the highest quality nectar. This explains why some crops have poor pollination, whereas others have good pollination.“
- Science in Agriculture Dr. Arden Andersen
Opti-Bloom from Axiom Ag is a ‘bio-available’ foliar nutrient bloom supplement. It contains “plant-ready” orthophosphate and potassium with a complex sugar (energy) source, in the form of bacillic acids which fortify blossom viability. This liquid formulation delivers nutrients and energy needed by blooming plants to attract pollinators and ensure yield potential is not limited by deficiencies.
Opti-Bloom awakens the reproductive portion of plants by using microbial-fermentation technology. The “bio-availability” of this formulation results in a more consistent and uniform Bloom stage, which includes pollination, pollen tube growth, ovule receptivity, fertilization and crop retention.
Do you have a “hard-setter” in your operation? How uniform is the blooming activity in your fields? Your Nutrient Management Plan is foundational and directly affects early development productivity. Contact us for treatment options
Do you have a “hard-setter” in your operation? How uniform is the blooming activity in your fields? Your Nutrient Management Plan is foundational and directly affects early development productivity. Contact us for treatment options.
Here’s to your crops’ success!
