The application of granulated phosphorus fertilizers during the sowing of crops is familiar to everyone. However, as we have already learned, combining the initial application with timely correction through foliar fertilization yields the best results. This becomes particularly relevant in conditions where there may be a deficit of primary nutrients, and sometimes foliar application of phosphorus becomes the only available source of nutrients for plants in the fall.

Here’s why:

From sowing to winter dormancy, soil fertilizers do not have enough time to release the necessary nutrients for the plant’s growth, especially phosphorus and zinc.

The root nutrition of young plants is severely limited due to their underdeveloped root system and limiting factors such as soil temperature, moisture, pH, ion antagonism, etc.

Phosphorus deficiency during the early stages of development cannot be compensated for in the future.

The importance of phosphorus is crucial for plants as it controls continuous metabolic processes, being the source of energy, entering the composition of DNA and RNA, as well as many other substances that play a vital role in the life of a plant organism.

Foliar fertilization with readily available phosphorus compounds is timely correction and supplementation of the plant’s nutrition system.

Therefore, to minimize phosphorus deficiency in the fall, building a developed root system at the beginning of vegetation creates conditions for better nutrient absorption in the future and the formation of strong winter crops. Foliar fertilization with phosphorus-containing fertilizers should be included in the intensive technological map.

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