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Germany, Cottbus | Hey Graintrader.
No Problem at all.
I do farm 250acre organic ground on my own. Started from scratch in 2016 as a first farmer since many generations in my family.
Additionaly i put my profession into my second business. Since 2020 i do consultance with focous on albrecht system and micronutrients.
Its quite simple. I try to give people advice about experiences i already made on my own farm as adoption of recommendations to real
life is not always that easy. With boron a lot depend on your water schedule. On our ground i made the experience that it is not easy
to really count on first year results. Most prominently on fruit-grain-bulding-time we have to deal with extended dry periods and most
of the time no irrigation. For boron to help in this situation, you need it in the whole profile. The deeper your porous soil structure, the
deeper the roots can search for water. But as i wrote, the roottips need that boron. So therefore you need the boron as well in the deeper
soil which stays moist for longer in the season.
Most prolific effect of boron is in my view with start of second application-year. With time and water, some of the first application gets leached
deeper into the profile which will be your reservoir for dry spells in the following year. This leads to bigger roots with better turgor
in the whole plant. For this purpose, I just use the most cheapest stuff. Solubor, BoricAcid, Calciumborate for dry mixtures. And most of the time,
lots of it. This helps the plant in the big context. When it comes down to pollunation, you still need to monitor that boronlevel and put on additinonal
foliar when necessary, to get that real benefit in dry spells. Boronsolubility and therefor availabilty rapidly decreases in dry soil. Additional
just the plant-parts that activily transpire water are able to accumulate boron with the sapwater. As the fruitingorgans do not transpire lots
of water, they need a high boron content in the sap to satisfy there needs. In my experiences it does not matter which formulation the foliar boron
goes onto the leave, it just has te be enough. Therefor i also use the cheap stuff: solubor, boric adic. Without a good background of soilfertilization
with boron, it is nearly impossible to rise tissue levels with foliar nutrition in severe shortage. At least thats my experience. | |
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Types and forms of boron per application type
