Plant Sap Analysis

What it is and why it’s important:

Plant sap analysis provides insight into the actual uptake of nutrients by the plant. This reveals important information about actual nutrient flow and the plant‘s health status. An optimal and balanced uptake of nutrients has a positive effect on the plant‘s natural disease resistance and on the quantity and quality of fruits. 

When using plant sap analysis, a deficiency in nutrient uptake will be revealed weeks to months before the actual nutrient deficiency would become evident from visual or plant tissue inspection.  This is why fertilization adjustments can come too late. By analyzing plant sap, a nutrient deficiency will be revealed within a few days.  Plant sap analysis is a powerful tool to manage and adjust fertilization strategies quickly and precisely.

Benefits of plant sap analysis:

• Provides a consolidated summary of the total amount of nutrients taken up by a plant 
• Reveals varietal differences in nutrient uptake 
• Is a valuable tool to adjust fertilization strategies accurately and quickly 
• Makes it possible to optimize nutritional status to improve natural disease resistance 
• Reveals a nutrient deficiency preemptively
• Gives the opportunity to fine-tune fertilization for an optimal production 
• Can help to save on fertilizer costs