Adult plants

The nutrient recommendation for an adult Clove of 15 years is 300:250:750 gram NPK/plant. The quantity of straight fertilizers to get the above dose is worked out.

The fertilizers dose needed is 651 gram urea, 1388 gram rock phosphate and 1252 gram Muriate of Potash respectively per plant. The fertilizers have to be applied in split doses.

The first split has to be applied in May-June. The urea, rock phosphate, Muriate of Potash needed at this time is 325 gram, 694 gram, 626 gram respectively per plant.

The second dose has to apply in September-October and the dosage is 325 gram urea, 694 gram rock phosphate, 626 gram Muriate of Potash respectively per plant.

Lime or dolomite has to be applied in acid soils two weeks ahead of fertilizer application. Organic manure @ 15 kg/plant is recommended in every year.

Apply fertilizers in shallow trenches dug around the plant about 1 to 1.25 m away from the base.

Young plants

The nutrient recommendation for Clove for First year is 20:18:50 gram NPK/plant. The quantity of straight fertilizers to get the above dose is worked out.

The fertilizers dose needed is 43 gram urea, 100 gram rock phosphate and 83 gram Muriate of Potash respectively per plant. The fertilizers have to be applied in split doses.

The first split has to be applied in May-June. The urea, rock phosphate, Muriate of Potash needed at this time is 22 gram, 50 gram, 42 gram respectively per plant.

The second dose has to apply in September-October and the dosage is 21 gram urea, 50 gram rock phosphate, 41 gram Muriate of Potash respectively per plant.

Lime or dolomite has to be applied in acid soils two weeks ahead of fertilizer application. Organic manure @ 10 kg/plant is recommended in every year.

The dose has to be multiplied with the number of years of growth (1-15) to get the dosage for clove for different years of growth.