Optimising plant nutrition

With the extortionate price of fertiliser this season, growers all over Gippsland are no doubt already trying to use it as efficiently as possible. 

Below are some resources which may include some useful reminders.

Plant nutrition must be tailored to each vegetable crop and growing conditions to ensure plants are healthy, productive and profitable.

The Soil Wealth ICP team has produced a range of fact sheets on specific elements for growers to consider in its nutrition management plans.

Topics include:

• Making the most of your nitrogen.

• Soil phosphorus: The basics.

• Nitrate field test.

• Labile carbon.

• Getting soil pH right: Lime quality and application rates.

• Managing salinity in vegetable crops.

• Managing sodicity in vegetable crops.

These resources have been delivered as part of the Hort Innovation-funded Soil Wealth and ICP project – jointly delivered by RM Consulting Group and Applied Horticultural Research.