Kilograms of fruit produced for every kilogram of applied nitrogen — a direct read on how hard your most emissions-heavy input is working across the orchard, and a check against over-fertilising vigorous trees.
Perennial fruit removes relatively little nitrogen per tonne, so productivity per kilogram of applied N is high; efficient growers lift it further by crediting soil and leaf reserves and applying to demand rather than a fixed budget.
Agriculture Victoria — Horticulture ↗Low productivity means nitrogen is growing wood and leaf, or leaching past the root zone, rather than fruit — a cost to the budget and to the emissions figure, and often a driver of excess vigour and shading. Rising productivity usually tracks better timing and leaf-tested rates.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Set nitrogen rates from leaf and soil tests, not habit.
Fertigate in small, timed doses matched to tree demand.
Use cover crops and mulch to cycle nitrogen and cut applied N.
Kilograms of fruit produced for every kilogram of applied nitrogen — a direct read on how hard your most emissions-heavy input is working across the orchard, and a check against over-fertilising vigorous trees.
You need: Fruit yield (kg/ha), Nitrogen applied (kg N/ha), Leaf and soil N status (index). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Perennial fruit removes relatively little nitrogen per tonne, so productivity per kilogram of applied N is high; efficient growers lift it further by crediting soil and leaf reserves and applying to demand rather than a fixed budget.
Set nitrogen rates from leaf and soil tests, not habit. Fertigate in small, timed doses matched to tree demand. Use cover crops and mulch to cycle nitrogen and cut applied N.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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