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Carolyn Gale posted an update in the group
Soil Secrets 4 weeks agoQuestion for the group – for anyone who has spread large quantities of biochar on paddocks/on soil – wondering what method was used for spreading please? Keen to know more on this – the actual logistics of how to spread the stuff! TIA!
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Hi Carolyn, there appear to be a range of ways of doing it including feeding livestock with it, mixing it with fertilisers or applying on its own as a top dressing, using it with seed coatings, mixing it with the topsoil when tilling, adding it to compost extracts or other liquid amendments to name a few. We would recommend that you head to…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
Soil Secrets 3 months agoWe pulled this one out of the archives in case you missed it..
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/talkin-soil-compaction-with-nicole-masters/
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Featured Post From The Archives: Talkin' Soil Compaction With Nicole Masters - Lower Blackwood LCDC
In this podcast, recorded in 2020, Jo and Kate are joined by internationally renowned agro-ecologist, educator & systems thinker Nicole Masters. Nicole
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
Soil Secrets 5 months agoCalling all south west WA farmers.. you may be eligible to apply for the Healthy Estuaries WA Soil Testing Program… but you need to apply now!
The program is open to beef, dairy and sheep grazing enterprises with at least 40 hectares of cleared arable land that is in one of the following Healthy Estuaries…
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Laura Stocker replied to the discussion Photosynthesis, Oxidation & the Energy Equation in the forum Soil Secrets 8 months ago
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Thank you. Very clear!
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Photosynthesis, Oxidation & the Energy Equation in the forum Soil Secrets 8 months ago
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Hi Laura,
that’s a great question.
Firstly, oxygen is definitely needed in the soil for respiring microbiology and plants but we need both good oxygenation and restricted oxygen environments in our soils to support different microbe groups and processes. This happens with good soil aggregation, where air flows freely between the gaps of, but not…
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Laura Stocker replied to the discussion Photosynthesis, Oxidation & the Energy Equation in the forum Soil Secrets 8 months ago
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Thank you. This is fascinating. The more I learn, the more there is to learn! I’m a bit confused about oxygen in the soil. From what you’re saying it’s not a good thing to have oxygen in the soil because it causes oxidisation. However, we are also told that compacted soil is bad because it excludes air, and we know that loose friable soil is…
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Mark Tupman posted an update in the group
Soil Secrets 11 months ago11 months ago (edited)
Hot off the press, James White back for another round on the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast.
Such exciting, valuable and relevant information.
Cheers Steve Slape for the heads up.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/regenerative-agriculture-podcast/id1372359995?i=1000641245773
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Show Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, Ep Episode 99: Reshaping How Agriculture Sees Plant Nutrient Uptake With Dr. James White - 10 Jan 2024
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
Soil Secrets a year agoLast deposit to the Knowledge Bank for the year – some Xmas reading that should be of interest to this group!😀
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/targeting-plant-nutrition/
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Targeting Plant Nutrition - Lower Blackwood LCDC
The application of nutrients, or fertilisers, that plants require is an important component in primary production operations. For numerous reasons, crops or
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Steve Slape posted an update in the group
Soil Secrets a year agoHi all we’re running a webinar series with Austrian researcher Harriet Mella for the next few weeks on a Wednesday night. Registration is free with access to the recording via the website. If you get a chance to catch up on the first session over the weekend and join us next week for session 2 of 4 or keep watching them at your convenience.…
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I’m booked, thanks Steve
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Thanks Steve, what a resource. The first session was fantastic and looking forward to the rest. Definitely best to watch them in order, there’s a lot of information to take in :-/
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Lower Blackwood LCDC replied to the discussion Photosynthesis, Oxidation & the Energy Equation in the forum Soil Secrets a year ago
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Andrew if you hover your cursor to the right of the document name you’ll see a download button. But in case not I have uploaded to the documents tab for this group.
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