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The authors recommend careful irrigation to improve fertilizer use efficiency.
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e0“More frequent, lighter applications of soluble fertilizers, use of slow-release or controlled-release fertilizers, and careful irrigation management may improve fertilizer use efficiency of blueberry plantings on pine bark beds”
Title
(374) Fertilization of Southern Highbush Blueberries on Pine Bark Beds
Jeffrey G. Williamson; E. Paul Miller HortScience 2005. doi:10.21273/hortsci.40.4.1059b
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- Intervention effect Blueberry canopy volume did not differ by fertilizer type.
- Intervention effect Granular fertilizer produced slightly greater blueberry fruit yield than liquid fertilizer.
- Intervention effect In 2003, fruit yield of Misty blueberry increased with fertilizer rate up to 50 g N/plant/year.
- Intervention effect In 2003, fruit yield of Star blueberry increased with fertilizer rate up to 50 g N/plant/year.
- Intervention effect In 2004, blueberry fruit yield increased with fertilizer rate up to 81 g N/plant/year.
- Observation Blueberry roots were mostly confined to the 12-cm pine bark layer, with few entering underlying soil.
- Mechanism The authors suggest soluble fertilizer leached below the blueberry root zone in pine bark beds.
- Recommendation The authors recommend more frequent, lighter soluble fertilizer applications to improve fertilizer use efficiency.
- Recommendation The authors recommend slow-release or controlled-release fertilizers to improve fertilizer use efficiency.