2020 Watermelon Yield, Leaf Tissue Nitrogen, and Effect on Soil Nitrogen at Four Depths When Using Soluble Versus Controlled Release Preplant Nitrogen Under Two Different Irrigation Regimes

UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center - Suwannee Valley 7580 County Road 136 Live Oak, FL 32060 386-362-1725 386-362-3067 Fax 2020 Watermelon Yield, Leaf Tissue Nitrogen, and Effect on Soil Nitrogen at Four Depths When Using Soluble Versus... More

UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center - Suwannee Valley 7580 County Road 136 Live Oak, FL 32060 386-362-1725 386-362-3067 Fax 2020 Watermelon Yield, Leaf Tissue Nitrogen, and Effect on Soil Nitrogen at Four Depths When Using Soluble Versus Controlled Release Preplant Nitrogen Under Two Different Irrigation Regimes 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 and Matt Shook Harrell’s Fertilizer Company, Lakeland, FL Corresponding author: Robert Hochmuth, bobhoch@ufl.edu Acknowledgments Thanks to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Water Policy and the Florida Watermelon Association for their continued partnership and funding support for this two-year watermelon production research in North Florida. We thank Ben Brought Less