In intensive vegetable growing, leafy annual crops with a short vegetation cycle occupy a special place. These are numerous varieties of leafy, cabbage salads and greens: lettuce, garden cress, romaine lettuce, arugula, parsley, spinach, sorrel, Chinese cabbage, endive, kale, fennel, dill and others.
Leaf crops
Leaf crops
Peculiarities
All these crops are valued for their vitamin composition and for eating without cooking, that is, fresh. All leafy vegetables are low in calories and high in fiber.
Leaf crops are grown in industrial crop production in greenhouses both on soil and with the help of hydro and aeroponics, as well as in open ground, including under film. All leafy are warm and moisture-loving crops, vulnerable to drought and sudden changes in temperature, don’t tolerate frost and heavy soils.
For greenhouse soils and to maintain fertility in crop rotation on open ground, as well as for seedling substrate in hydroponics, SatoSoil® improvers are used, since they increase looseness and aeration of the upper layer, neutralize the pathogenic environment after previous crops or from the introduction of compost and manure.
In intensive farming, it’s common to use seedlings for leafy crops. For soaking seeds and for seedling treatment, the top dressing Sato® Seeds has proven itself to be excellent, since it enhances the vigor of germination and seed viability. Sato® Seeds is also suitable for organic farming.
During the growing season, SatoHum® Potassium soap is suitable as an organic foliar protection against pests and pathogens, while the use of chemical foliar protection is not allowed. For disease prevention, foliar treatment or fertigation with silicon-containing composition SatoHum® SiO is possible, which stimulates the plant’s own defenses and strengthens the walls of stems and leaves.
Given that leafy greens are used as food without heat processing, it’s not usual to overfeed such crops with minerals.
SatoHum® macro and microelement compositions are rich in humic and fulvic acids obtained from environmentally friendly sapropel and lowland peat, effectively correct the deficiencies of essential nutrients, facilitate their absorption, bind nitrate and potassium salts into insoluble complexes, avoiding their removal into the plants green mass, form a barrier to fungal pathogens, prolong the shelf life of leafy greens.
4 Sato® Steps – recommendations for fertilization and top dressing for leafy, cabbage salads and greens
Leaf crops
Leaf crops
In intensive vegetable growing, leafy annual crops with a short vegetation cycle occupy a special place. These are numerous varieties of leafy, cabbage salads and greens: lettuce, garden cress, romaine lettuce, arugula, parsley, spinach, sorrel, Chinese cabbage, endive, kale, fennel, dill and others.
Peculiarities
All these crops are valued for their vitamin composition and for eating without cooking, that is, fresh. All leafy vegetables are low in calories and high in fiber.
Leaf crops are grown in industrial crop production in greenhouses both on soil and with the help of hydro and aeroponics, as well as in open ground, including under film. All leafy are warm and moisture-loving crops, vulnerable to drought and sudden changes in temperature, don’t tolerate frost and heavy soils.
For greenhouse soils and to maintain fertility in crop rotation on open ground, as well as for seedling substrate in hydroponics, SatoSoil® improvers are used, since they increase looseness and aeration of the upper layer, neutralize the pathogenic environment after previous crops or from the introduction of compost and manure.
In intensive farming, it’s common to use seedlings for leafy crops. For soaking seeds and for seedling treatment, the top dressing Sato® Seeds has proven itself to be excellent, since it enhances the vigor of germination and seed viability. Sato® Seeds is also suitable for organic farming.
During the growing season, SatoHum® Potassium soap is suitable as an organic foliar protection against pests and pathogens, while the use of chemical foliar protection is not allowed. For disease prevention, foliar treatment or fertigation with silicon-containing composition SatoHum® SiO is possible, which stimulates the plant’s own defenses and strengthens the walls of stems and leaves.
Given that leafy greens are used as food without heat processing, it’s not usual to overfeed such crops with minerals.
SatoHum® macro and microelement compositions are rich in humic and fulvic acids obtained from environmentally friendly sapropel and lowland peat, effectively correct the deficiencies of essential nutrients, facilitate their absorption, bind nitrate and potassium salts into insoluble complexes, avoiding their removal into the plants green mass, form a barrier to fungal pathogens, prolong the shelf life of leafy greens.
4 Sato® Steps – recommendations for fertilization and top dressing for leafy, cabbage salads and greens
| SOILS | SEEDS | GROWTH | HARVEST | ||
| SatoSoil® Biome
Top dressing of open and greenhouse soils 0,5 – 1 kg/m² SatoSoil® pHoenix Restoration of saline and acidic soils 1 – 1,5 kg/m² SatoHum® K Watering the soil improver 2 – 6 ml/m²
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Sato® Seeds
Seed treatment and disinfection of seedlings Soaking 15-18 hours 5 – 10 ml/10 l of water SatoHum® Complex Drip irrigation in greenhouses and nutrient solution in hydroponics 2,5 – 3 ml/10 l of working solution |
SatoHum® K
Rectification of potassium starvation 1,6 – 2,5 ml/10 m² SatoHum® SiO Resistance to drought Plant immunization 1,6 – 2,5 ml/10 m² SatoHum® Potassium soap Fighting parasites and fungal diseases 30 – 40 ml/10 l of water |
SatoHum® K-B-Mo
Correction of potassium, boron and molybdenum deficiency 1,6 – 2 ml/10 m² SatoHum® Ca Bouncy vibrant foliage 1,2 – 1,6 ml/10 m² SatoHum® Pure In organic farming, it’s used in any non-root irrigation no more than 3 times per growing cycle 0,15 – 0,2 ml/m² |
SatoHum® Ca
Long keeping quality of leaf crops 1,2 – 1,6 ml/10 m² |
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Recommended products for leaf crops
WARNING: 4 Sato® Steps is a comprehensive crop care system that provides the basic crop needs for the main 12 macro, meso and micronutrients for an optimal growing cycle and unlocking the potential of each crop.
SOILS: When pre-sowing SatoSoil® Soil improvers, the minimum rate is applied. When autumn incorporation, the maximum rate is introduced. For irrigation, it’s recommended to activate granulates (soil improvers or biostimulants) with SatoHum® liquid formulations and SatoGrow® liquid organo-mineral biostimulants.
SEEDS/SEEDLINGS/VEGETATION BEGINNING: Treatment of seeds and seedlings with Sato® Seeds formulation is compatible with treatment by classical protectants without reducing the rates of their application, and helps to increase the viability of seedlings, the development of the plant and its fruitfulness.
GROWTH: Our SatoHum® solutions have a guaranteed composition with high content of humic and fulvic acids with amino acids of plant origin. It is not recommended to exceed the total dose of SatoHum® liquid formulations over 6 ml/10m²/cycle. If SatoHum® Potassium soap is used for prophylactic purposes, it is recommended to apply the minimum dose. If treatment is carried out to fight active pathogens/parasites, the dose indicated in the product card for the specific pest shall be applied.
HARVEST: Simultaneous fertilization with several SatoHum® products is not expected. It’s not recommended to exceed the specified application rates. For single, not systemic application of SatoHum® products, the maximum dosage of the product is recommended.
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