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Laura Stocker started the discussion Carbon in soil in the forum Plant Nutrition 2 weeks ago
I would like to trial the benefits (or not) of carbon in the form of graphite mixed into compost, on my veggie garden. I would like to understand how pure carbon in the form of graphite vs organic carbon in the form of decaying plant matter would affect soil and plant health. Any thoughts or advice in advance?
(The graphite comes is a by…
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rakshith replied to the discussion What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds.. in the forum Plant Nutrition 3 months ago
What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds..
Hello Peter,
Yes I will be starting with a soil test. I was interested to know about chelation of macro and micro nutrients with amimos, fish, seaweed etc. for soil and foliar application as experts tell many soil applications are lost and not plant available. I wanted to know if anyone is doing this for horticulture annuals.
Thank you
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rakshith replied to the discussion What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds.. in the forum Plant Nutrition 3 months ago
What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds..
Hello Joanna,
Currently there are plots of monoculture tomatoes, chillies, brinjal and ground nut in 2 acres. I wanted to implement a intercropping of around 30 vegetables and leafy greens in less than a quarter acre through regenerative methods . We use back mounted automatic sprayer.
I am particularly interested to know about chelation of…
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rakshith replied to the discussion What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds.. in the forum Plant Nutrition 3 months ago
What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds..
Hello Joanna,
Currently there are plots of monoculture tomatoes, chillies, brinjal and ground nut in 2 acres. I wanted to implement a intercropping of around 30 vegetables and leafy greens in less than a quarter acre through regenerative methods . We use back mounted automatic sprayer.
I am particularly interested to know about chelation of…
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Joanna Wren replied to the discussion What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds.. in the forum Plant Nutrition 3 months ago
What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds..
Hi Rakshith,
What size area are you looking at doing and what kind of equipment do you have access to? Also what vegetables were you looking at growing?
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Peter Murphy replied to the discussion What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds.. in the forum Plant Nutrition 3 months ago
What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds..
Hi Rakshith,
Have you done a soil analysis as a start point?
Tests you can do like Ph, texture, structure, colour etc will start to give you direction for ammendments.
cheers
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rakshith started the discussion What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds.. in the forum Plant Nutrition 3 months ago
What minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds..
Hello,
Are there any vegetable farmers here who can guide me with preparing foliar applications for a mixed vegetable production? I would also like to know how and what minerals to add to the soil while starting the no-till vegetable beds?
Thank you
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Which form of foliar calcium to use? in the forum Plant Nutrition 3 months ago
Which form of foliar calcium to use?
Hi Eric,
We have got the tissue and sap results back from the strips where we applied a combination of micronised high calcium products including gypsum, vibrocalcite, guano and soft rock phosphate.
As suspected, there’s no discernible difference in the Ca levels between the treated and untreated strips 😏
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Eric Dobbe replied to the discussion Which form of foliar calcium to use? in the forum Plant Nutrition 4 months ago
Which form of foliar calcium to use?
Thanks for your comprehensive reply Mark. Tissue tests I did on some yellowing oats showed I had the usual suspects of mg and mn deficiency, but also had low calcium. I have applied a foliar to address this now, so will see what happens. I like your comment about the importance of getting calcium addressed in the soil rather the plant. I…
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Will McGirr posted an update in the group Plant Nutrition 4 months ago
When to start putting on Foliar sprays
I haven’t heard this discussed very much – what time of year to begin applying Compost tea brews etc. at the moment it’s very wet and in a lot of our paddocks you couldn’t take anything heavier than a quad on them as they are so waterlogged. So it’s seems that winter is mostly out? So is it then spring…
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Early in the season (autumn) is good too Will, especially with the biologicals and a bit of trace mineral support, sets the plant up for life.
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