EFFECT OF FOLIAR FERTILIZATION WITH TYTANIT ON THE DRY MATTER YIELD AND MACROELEMENTS' CONTENT IN THE MEADOW SWARD

One-factor field experiment was designed by the method of random blocks sampling in four replications (fields of the 2.0 x 5.0 m area). The experimental field was characterized with the brown, acidic soil, classified to the V quality class. The field experiment was conducted in the years 2006-2008, in the private, individual farm in the administrative district of Pilica, within Zawiercie County, at the region of Krakow-Czestochowa Jura, located on the altitude of 320 m. The spraying with the Tytanit fertilizer in three different concentrations: 0.02, 0.04 and 0.08 % constituted an experimental factor. Tytanit applied in a concentration of 0.04 % affected on average 52 % higher dry matter yield when compared with the control object. Moreover, foliar application of Tytanit in the concentration of 0.04 % resulted in the highest growth of the content of all examined macroelements. The difference in relation to the control object amounted to 28 % for phosphorus, 78 % for potassium, 80 % for calcium, 81 % for magnesium and 60 % for sodium. Higher dosage of the preparation (0.08 %) decreased the concentration of the investigated macroelements when compared with the 0.04 % variant and in some cases even with the 0.02 % variant.