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Balanced Fertilization - Key To Grow Fine Coffee - - EAFCA

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Example for a balanced fertilizer strategy<br />

to a coffee crop in Eastern Africa<br />

<strong>Key</strong> nutrients<br />

N, P, Mg, Ca, S, B, Zn<br />

N, P, K, Ca<br />

N, P, B, Zn<br />

NPK<br />

(each application<br />

@ 150-250 kg/ha)<br />

Calcium nitrate + B<br />

(soil application @<br />

200-300 kg/ha)<br />

20-10-10<br />

or<br />

22-6-12<br />

+Mg+S+B<br />

N, Ca, B<br />

AND/OR<br />

20-10-10<br />

or<br />

22-6-12<br />

+Mg+S+B<br />

20-10-10<br />

or<br />

22-6-12<br />

+Mg+S+B<br />

Foliar spray<br />

P, Mg, S<br />

B, Zn<br />

P, K<br />

B, Zn<br />

Date: 2010-02-13 Jürgen Küsters © Yara International ASA

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