Rubber

Rubber — 4Water, nutrients & weeds

  • Fertilizer

    Before tapping, apply a 10:10:4:1.5 NPK-Mg mixture on a schedule from the 3rd month (225 g per plant) rising to 450–550 g per plant, in April–May and September–October; from the 5th year until tapping, 400 kg/ha a year in two doses. For trees under tapping: 10:10:10 mixture at 900 g per tree (300 kg/ha) a year in two splits; add 10 kg magnesium sulphate per 100 kg of mixture if magnesium is deficient.

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    Source
    Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Rubber – Manuring, p. 208
    Region
    Tamil Nadu
    Last updated
    2026-11-05