Vegetables in the 90's - what are the alternatives?

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VEGETABLES IN THE 90's - WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?

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Nitrogen Nutrition

This trial has been autumn planted and the first year was 1983/84. The variety Fructidor has been used and the treatments are (N in kg/ha) -

All applied at three different times, i.e. January, early March or April.

Observations on Cultural Practices

This has included -

Further reading - Advisory leaflet 853.

Garlic

Guidelines for a Gross Margin (autumn planting)

All figures per ha.

		£	£
Total output 10 t at average price £1.30 per kg in 2½ kg trays 13,000
Variable Costs (Marketing)		£	£
Commission Packing Handling Carriage	10% 4000 trays @ 25p 0.05p per tray 4000 trays @ 20p sub total	1,300 1,000 200 800 3,300
Variable Costs (Production)
Cloves for planting 1000 kg at £5 per kg Nitrogen Phosphate Potash Paraquat 3 l Propachlor 9 l Chlorthal-dimethyl 9 l Chloridazon + Chlorbufam Casual Labour Splitting cloves 300 hrs Planting 300 hrs Harvesting 250 hrs Dressing, trimming, packing 700 hrs		5,000 72.00 30.00 36.00 16.50 27.90 94.50 63.90 630 630 525 1,470 8,596
Total variable costs			11,896
Gross Margin			1,104

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