Ananas Plant Fertilizer Requirement

(Ananas comosus L. Merr.)

Cultivar ; Kew, Queen, Mauritius

Manure and Fertilizer :

10 to 15 t/ha of FYM can be useful at last ploughing. N, P₂O₅ and K₂O @ 12g, 2g and 12g, in that order for each plant for every crop must be applied. Half of N and the whole of P₂O₅ and K₂O to be useful as basal dose and rest half of N to be applied as foliar spray.

For foliar application, 450 g urea is dissolve in 10 litre. Of water and sprayed on 200 plants. It will supply 1 g of N per plant. Thus for generous 6 g of N as foliar request 6 such spraying are necessary once every 2 months. Soil application of 40 % of fertilizer of plant crop i.e. 4.8 g. N, 0.8g, P₂O₅ and 4.8 g, K2O/plant after yield of main crop increase production of ratoon crop of pineapple.