Sap Analysis and Nutritional Management for Honeycrisp Production

AEA founder John Kempf discusses sap analysis and nutritional protocols. He outlines the nutritional frameworks that have been used at AEA to develop disease resistance and improve fruit quality, describes how to collect sap analysis samples to determine your trees’ nutritional requirements and to measure product performance. To learn more about AEA and regenerative agriculture, visit www.advancingecoag.com/ or email [e-mail].

[@Horse237]

If I use cover crops, then I might not need to feed many coffee grounds to my Red Wigglers for Nitrogen?
I want to feed rock dust, kelp meal and other nutrients to worms. That should reduce the need for amendments in the soil.
But I am wondering about Sap Analysis taking a week. A week is a long time if cell division only lasts 14 days!
Is it possible to get a second or even a third satellite lab where results can be produced more rapidly?

[@ashwinpatel4537]

John you mention use of ammonium sulphate with sugar.
Pls let me know if sugar means home use sugar.

[@jasonstoll5388]

Yes, any sugar.

[@ashwinpatel4537]

@@jasonstoll5388 thanks

[@amitrakshe5773]

Can we sap analysis of iron , magnese, zinc & other micronutrients?

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

Hi! Yes, these minerals are tested when doing sap analysis testing!

[@amitrakshe5773]

@@AdvancingEcoAgriculture thanks

[@bobbrawley2612]

In reply to the question about the host formal education, I'm troubled about how little a bachelor science in agriculture does for a graduate. That is four years for a broad introductory course. Borderline useless.. But no doubt a degree opens doors . I know a 27 year old that got such a degree who is a vineyard manager.

[@bobbrawley2612]

Wow. I like the answer to the question about nitrogen application as a foliar spray. Two lbs of urea per acre in an orchard And then your remarks about amino acid as an even better application