Terra-Sorb as the Solution for Setting of the Orange of Navelate variant

The Department of Vegetal Physiology of the School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering of Lleida did an experiment demonstrating the efficiency of TERRA-SORB FOLIAR to improve fruit setting of the orange of the “Navelate” variety

The main problem with this variant is that its great floration and fecundation results in a major issue of competition for nutrients with the recently set fruits; which requires an important pruning of the trees, thus drastically reducing the final number of fruits produced by each tree.

TERRA-SORB FOLIAR was applied at doses of 300 cc per 100 l. of water during two moments of the cultivation cycle: one with 95% of petals fallen, and the other 10 days later.

An increase of 14% in initial fruit setting over check samples was observed in trees under treatment. This fact, in turn, made more viable development of fruit, which was augmented by 34%. Also, the nutritive level of sampled leaves from trees receiving TERRA-SORB FOLIAR was increased, specifically in micro elements, when compared to the check sample.