For each nutrient, the amount applied divided by the amount removed in harvested fruit. It shows at a glance whether you are maintaining, building or mining each element — and in fruit the standout is potassium, which leaves the orchard in large quantities every harvest.
A sustainable nutrient budget replaces close to what the crop removes — a replacement ratio near 1.0× per element. Fruit exports large amounts of potassium, so K is the element most often quietly mined below one.
Agriculture Victoria — Horticulture ↗A ratio below one isn’t a problem this season — it’s a deferred one. Potassium mined year after year eventually shows up as poor fruit size, colour and storage that fertiliser can’t quickly fix. Budgeting by element keeps a hidden constraint from ambushing the block.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Build a full nutrient budget per block, not just nitrogen.
Replace potassium on high-yielding blocks before size and colour slip.
Leaf-test annually to catch nutrient decline early.
For each nutrient, the amount applied divided by the amount removed in harvested fruit. It shows at a glance whether you are maintaining, building or mining each element — and in fruit the standout is potassium, which leaves the orchard in large quantities every harvest.
You need: Nutrient applied by element (kg/ha), Fruit nutrient concentration (kg/t), Fruit yield (t/ha). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
A sustainable nutrient budget replaces close to what the crop removes — a replacement ratio near 1.0× per element. Fruit exports large amounts of potassium, so K is the element most often quietly mined below one.
Build a full nutrient budget per block, not just nitrogen. Replace potassium on high-yielding blocks before size and colour slip. Leaf-test annually to catch nutrient decline early.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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