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Nitrogen Management Plans In Nursery ProductionBruno J.L. Pitton and Lorence R. Oki
Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of California, Davis
Cultivate ‘19Columbus, OHJuly 14, 2019
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Why Nitrogen Management Plans?• Ground water contamination in
the Central Valley of California• ‘Blue Baby’ syndrome
• Max level = 45 ppm NO3-
• 54% of NO3- from synthetic
fertilizers • 34% of applied N ends up in
harvested products• In ornamentals, 28% of applied N
is taken up by plants• Problem likely to continue for
decades• Harter and Lund recommend a tax
on nitrogen fertilizer
97% from Cropland
Harter, T. & Lund, J. 2012 Addressing Nitrate in California’s Drinking Water: Executive Summary
Nitrate sources to groundwater in the Tulare Lake Basin and Salinas
Valley study areas
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Nitrogen management plans• California has 9
regional water boards• Plans are required from
all growers within Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board watersheds
• Certification required in high-vulnerability groundwater areas
• Determined by Groundwater Quality Assessment Reports
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How does container productionfit in the worksheet?
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# of production units grown or sold
How much N removed with product?
Total production units grown or sold
N fertilizer not applied as lbs/ac
Based on UCCE, CDFA, Consultants, etc.
Container plants
Plant type (herb,woody, annual) & container size
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N in container media
Liquid feed, CRF, top dress
Organic fertilizers
Sum of above
Foliar N
Box 24 + 25
Sum of all N applied
Well, surface, recycled, etc.
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Cabrera 2003• N balance of plant and container
• N applied, leached, in plant, and in soilless media
• Evaluated two woody species from Aug to May including overwintering in Mid Atlantic
Ilex opaca1 gal cont
69,92960 ppm
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69,929162100 62 unutilized
Lagerstroemia1 gal cont
69,92960 ppm
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69,929230167 63 unutilized
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Narvaez et al. 2012 & 2013• N balance of plant and container
• N applied, leached, in plant, and in soilless media
• Evaluated one woody (May to Dec) and one herbaceous species (May to July)
Viburnum tinus
1.25 gal cont69,93057.4 ppm
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69,930493330 163 unutilized
Osteospurmum1 gal cont
87,412120 ppm
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87,4121,4261,127 299 unutilized
33% unaccounted 21% unaccounted12
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Where does unutilized N go?
• Some N loss through leaching• How much is lost through
denitrification (N2 or N2O gas)?• Container substrate• Soil below growing bed
• How much N leaves nursery at sale?
• N utilized by plant• N left in container substrate NO3
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N2N2O
N2ON2
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Research Objectives
• Develop system nitrogen balance for container plant production
• Document N amounts• Applied• Leached • Utilized by plant• In substrate• Emitted as N2 or N2O gas
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N mass balance experiment
• Installed two bed styles at cooperator nursery & collected runoff• Unlined (typical) bed, gravel over soil, 40 × 15• Poly-lined
• Plant up Lagerstroemia indica ‘Dynamite’, #5• Determine total N in plants and media at start of experiment• Applied N in CRF and top dress
• Monitor runoff water (volume and N conc)• Collect gas samples to estimate N in gas emissions
(as N2 and N20)• Determine N in plant and substrate at harvest
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Bed construction
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Finished beds
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Runoff water monitoring
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Substrate
• 80% Fir bark• 20% Sand • 13 lbs/yd 15-9-12 Osmocote Plus • 10 lbs/yd 9-2-0 Apex custom• 6.5 lbs/yd Dolomite
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Top dress fertilizer
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Planting
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Gas sampling
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Gas sampling
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End of experiment
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Harvest
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What we found
Use analytical results to estimate N amounts:
• In plant• Remaining in substrate• In runoff water• Leached into bed soils• Lost from denitrification
• N2O-N ~1.5%
~5%~55%~6%<4%~30%
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What we found
Greenhouse gas emissions• Methane: negligible• CO2-C: ~470 mg m-2 h-1
• N2O-N: 3.6 mg m-2 h-1
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Next steps
Examine management methods to reduce N20 emissions• Soil moisture management
• Timing N applications
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What can we do with this information?• Identify environmentally harmful discharges
and develop mitigation strategies• Inform growers about BMPs to improve NUE • Inform Water Boards in development of next
generation nursery specific NMPs
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Acknowledgements
• Jared Sisneroz• Xia Zhu-Barker• Pauline Fadakaran• Galen Wolf• Richard Evans• Will Horwath• Perry Laboratory• Funding provided by HRI,
CANGC, CDFA-SCBGP, CDFA-FREP
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