Potato Polysulphate Trial on Sandy Clay Loam Soil

27

CWT/A increase
Polysulphate improves marketable yields and maintains Petiole Mg concentrations on sandy clay loam

Prince Edward Island, Canada

Trail

27

CWT/A increase

Objective

To investigate the effect of Polysulphate versus K-Mag® as at planting sources of Mg 

Trial Details

Trial station

Prince Edward Island, Canada

Crop

Potato

Product

Polysulphate®

Assessments

Marketable Yield and Petiole Mg Concentration

Treatments

  • Application rates (Polysulphate 625 lb/A and K-Mag at 227 lb/A) delivered 25 lb/A of MgO. 
  • Trials (3 to 4 acres in size) were coordinated by Steve Watts (Genesis Crop Systems, Inc.) at five commercial potato fields. 
  • Grower Standard practices were used for N, P, and K. 

  

Treatments

  • Application rates (Polysulphate 625 lb/A and K-Mag at 227 lb/A) delivered 25 lb/A of MgO. 
  • Trials (3 to 4 acres in size) were coordinated by Steve Watts (Genesis Crop Systems, Inc.) at five commercial potato fields. 
  • Grower Standard practices were used for N, P, and K. 

  

Results

Polysulphate on Potatoes
Marshall, Michigan, USA, 2021
Trail

22.1

Marketable yields increase
Polysulphate on Potatoes
Vandermeere, North Carolina, USA, 2021
Trail

77

Marketable yield increase