Nutrient Management

Why is texture important? Texture is a key fruit quality component when considering consumer acceptability. Fruit texture is usually perceived first with the sense of touch and then by the sensation experienced when eating it. Most consumers want a crisp, crunchy apple and a peach that is juicy and has a melting texture, meaning it yields to chewing without being mushy. Meeting these texture standards can increase fruit marketability.

Depending on the crops you grow, summertime brings spurts of tremendous work in the field, and lulls in between when other farm maintenance is on the agenda.

The annual goal in the established vineyard is to have the vines fill their allotted trellis space, top out vegetative growth just above the top wire at veraison, and produce a crop that is in balance with the vegetative vigor.

Use the data below to help with stream determination for MDA setback requirements.

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History of Nutrient Management Planning in Maryland

Yield goals are used to develop nutrient recommendations for nitrogen on a crop. Under Maryland Nutrient Management Regulations, yield goals can be determined in one of several ways.

Calibration is a way of checking and/or making adjustments to manure application equipment to ensure that a nutrient source is being applied uniformly and at the desired rate. It is important to properly calibrate manure application equipment to minimize the potential for over or under applying nutrients to a crop.

Nutrient recommendations for agronomic crops, Christmas trees, cut flowers, grapes, loblolly pine, miscanthus, tree fruits and small fruits.