Orchard Management Software :: Fertigation

Fertigation

The fertigation screen allows you to pre record or record after the event each fertiliser application made via the irrigation system. In the same way as the folia Spray Diary screen and the Dry Applications screens work, records can be prepared in advance and instruction sheets issued on the day, or the data can be entered after the job has been completed.

Calculating Quantities
The Fertigation screen allows you to calculate total quantities of fertiliser required for a job, on a per tree or per ha basis. Quantities can then be rounded up or down so that the actual quantity of chemical required for the job can be recorded.

Applying The Fertilisers
Applying chemicals via the irrigation system is quite different to simply selecting a group of block to be fertilised. Often because of the configuration of the irrigation system, when shifts of valves are deployed, some blocks may be only partially watered while other blocks on the same shift will be completely watered. For this reason our Fertigation screen is linked to our Irrigation screen so that the fertilizers can be applied in “shifts” rather than to individual whole blocks as the shifts method directly replicates how, when and where the chemicals will be applied.

Reports
A number of reports are generated from this data including:
• The total quantity of fertiliser applied to each block and variety
• The rate per ha. applied to each block and variety
• The elements applied (NPK etc.) to each block and variety expressed as both total quantity and as a rate per ha.

If you would like to understand more about how the irrigation system/ fertiliser distribution is set up, click this link to our Irrigation Screen .