Macadamia grower's guide: nutrition and soil health – Part 2: the next level

Summary

Nutrition and soil health – Part 2 the next level, is a companion to Nutrition and soil health – Part 1 the foundations.

Good management of nutrition and soil health starts with Part 1: The foundations, which offers a framework for building and sustaining production that is beneficial in every orchard. The foundational approach uses soil and tree monitoring to support decision-making about:

• correcting pH
• building up organic matter
• implementing effective drainage
• replacing nutrients and correcting imbalances.

Part 2: The next level supports growers with:

• refining foundation practices
• making more use of monitoring information
• investigating the causes of nutrient disorders in trees
• positively managing nutrition and soil health
• increasing fertility and productivity over the life of the orchard.