Industrial Tomato: Strategies for Optimal Fruit Setting and Growth
Industrial Tomato: Advanced Strategies for Optimal Fruit Set and Enlargement
Industrial tomato cultivation is a strategic sector for Italian agriculture. To maximize yield and meet the quality standards required by the processing industry, it is essential to adopt targeted strategies. Fruit set and fruit enlargement are critical phases that determine the success of the crop. Thanks to Agriges' innovative solutions, excellent results can now be achieved sustainably.
Advanced Technologies for Industrial Tomato
Agriges stands out in the agricultural sector for its commitment to sustainability and technological innovation. Through continuous internal research and development and collaborations with trial centers and universities, Agriges has developed cutting-edge technologies that enhance product performance and positively impact agricultural crops. Key technologies include:
BPC Technology: Utilizes selected and registered microbial strains to promote root growth, improve nutrient availability, and strengthen plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stress.
gelAct Technology: Designed to optimize water and nutrient management, supported by the Myster formulation, ensuring balanced and effective plant nutrition while reducing waste.
EDDVEG Technology: Employs dual chelation of elements with plant-based molecules (lignosulfonates and oligopeptides), enhancing nutrient absorption, translocation, and providing a strong anti-stress action. Fully sustainable and biodegradable.
RyZea Technology: Extracts bioactive molecules from three algae (Ascophyllum nodosum, Fucus spp., and Laminaria spp.) to stimulate the plant's physiological processes and provide an anti-stress effect.
These technological tools are the foundation of Agriges' products, enhancing soil fertility, plant health, and harvest quality.
Green Path and Sustainability
Agriges is committed to reducing environmental impact through the Green Path philosophy, which integrates natural and biotechnological solutions to minimize chemical residues and increase agronomic efficiency. This approach reflects a sustainable vision of agricultural production, respecting both the environment and consumer health while meeting the European Union and retail industry standards for chemical residue reduction.
Products and Microorganisms for Fruit Set and Enlargement
To optimize the phenological stages of industrial tomato, Agriges offers a range of specific products:
Lieta-Veg
Lieta-Veg is a bioactivator made with plant and algal extracts (RyZea) and selected microorganisms. Contains three specific strains of Bacillus (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) that enhance organic matter mineralization, improve nutrient availability, and support better fruit set with uniform flower development.
Maral SLQ and Maral NPK
Maral SLQ and Maral NPK are fertilizers containing RyZea and amino acids to stimulate plant development, improve nutrient absorption, and ensure abundant and uniform flowering. Maral S LQ enhances the transfer of nutrients to reproductive organs, promoting cell expansion and growth. Maral NPK provides essential elements, optimizing flowering and improving fruit quality.
I’M Calcio
I'M Calcio, reinforced with EDDVEG technology, it ensures rapid and optimal calcium supply, essential for fruit firmness, dry matter increase, and preventing physiological disorders like blossom-end rot, contributing to better shelf life.
Lyon 56 WG
Lyon 56 WG enhances uniform fruit enlargement during the final maturation stages, improving berry weight, balanced ripening, and optimal coloration, thus boosting quality and overall yield.
Strategies to Improve Fruit Set and Enlargement
To maximize yield and quality in industrial tomato cultivation, it is essential to follow precise fertilization strategies aligned with phenological stages:
- Vegetative Stage: Applying Lieta-Veg supports vigorous initial growth, improves soil fertility, and stimulates root development. Subsequently, thanks to yeasts and algal extracts, it provides the necessary energy to sustain the plant in later stages.
- Flowering and Fruit Set: Maral SLQ or Maral NPK are crucial during this phase to stimulate abundant flowering and enhance fruit set due to their composition rich in algal extracts, amino acids, and essential nutrients.
- Fruit Enlargement: I'M Calcio ensures optimal fruit firmness and weight, improving harvest quality by increasing dry matter and extending shelf life. Additionally, stronger skins reduce potential cracking and damage, preserving fruit value.
- Ripening: Using Lyon 56 WG promotes uniform final enlargement and balanced ripening, enhancing coloration and improving quality parameters (Brix), which are essential to meet processing industry requirements.
When to Fertilize Industrial Tomatoes
The timing of fertilization in industrial tomatoes, as in other crops, is crucial to achieving a quality harvest. Here’s a summarized guide:
- Before Transplanting: Prepare the soil with base fertilizers to ensure an initial nutrient supply. The Myster and Petro granular fertilizer lines are ideal for providing the necessary elements from the early development stages.
- Vegetative Growth: Using Lieta-Veg increases root surface, optimizing and enhancing nutrient absorption. Moreover, with the help of microorganisms, it improves soil fertility and enhances the translocation and absorption of elements.
- Pre- and Post-Flowering: Applying Maral SLQ will encourage flower emergence, stimulate their fertility, and support cell formation/stretching. Maral NPK will improve flowering and ensure optimal fruit set.
- Enlargement: While proper calcium supply must be managed from earlier stages, applying I'M Calcio during fruit enlargement ensures stronger skins, improving harvest quality and shelf life.
- Ripening: Using Lyon 56 WG from veraison encourages proper fruit ripening and coloration, enhancing Brix levels and the qualitative parameters of the harvest.
In conclusion…
The cultivation of processing tomatoes requires an integrated and strategic approach, combining the use of innovative technologies with sustainable agronomic management. Thanks to Agriges' solutions, it is possible to improve fruit set and enlargement, starting with good fertilisation from the earliest stages and following a correct approach to fertilisation, resulting in high quality and environmentally friendly harvests.
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