Evaluation Of A Complete Analysis And Controlled Release Fertilizer On A

Evaluation of a Complete Analysis and Controlled Release Fertilizer on a Commercial Watermelon Farm in Suwannee Valley, Florida Robert Hochmuth, Charles E. Barrett, Marina Burani-Arouca, and Elizabeth Martin University of Florida, Institute of Food and... More

Evaluation of a Complete Analysis and Controlled Release Fertilizer on a Commercial Watermelon Farm in Suwannee Valley, Florida Robert Hochmuth, Charles E. Barrett, Marina Burani-Arouca, and Elizabeth Martin University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) North Florida Research and Education Center- Suwannee Valley (NFREC-SV), Live Oak, FL Jay Skillman Specialty Ag Sales, Harrell’s Fertilizer Company, Lakeland, FL Corresponding author: Robert Hochmuth, bobhoch@ufl.edu Funding: This trial was conducted as part of a Florida Department of Agriculture, Office of Ag Water Policy (FDACS OAWP) grant. Harrell’s Fertilizer Company and Waters Agricultural Labs (Camilla, GA) were in-kind partners in this research project. Overview This report is part of an ongoing research program on the use of controlled release fertilizer in watermelon production in North Florida. The objective of this overall two-year project was to evaluate a controlled release nitrogen source as Less