Bulletin 4328 - Soil testing for vegetable production on the coastal plain

Authors

Ian McPharlin, Agriculture Western Australia
Murray Hegney, Agriculture Western Australia

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Publication Date

5-1997

Series Number

4328

Abstract

Vegetable growers need to use fertiliser efficiently. Under-fertilising can reduce yield, which results in economic losses. Over-fertilising can reduce yield and contribute to nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of ground and surface waters. Concerns have been expressed that fertilisers applied to horticultural crops contribute to the phosphorus pollution of the rivers and estuaries of the west and south coast of Western Australia.

Soil testing is a technique that can be used by growers to make better fertiliser decisions. When soil tests show high levels of nutrients, growers can reduce fertiliser application for the current crop. This should enable growers to maintain or increase profit whilst reducing both excess fertiliser application and offsite effects.

This Bulletin deals with the use of soil testing on vegetables on the sandy soils of the Swan coastal plain, especially for reducing phosphatic fertiliser use.

Number of Pages

9

ISSN

1326-415X

Publisher

Agriculture Western Australia Edit author details Remove author

City

Perth

Keywords

Soil testing, Vegetables, Coastal Plain, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Environmental Monitoring | Horticulture | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Soil Science

Comments

Bulletin 4328 replaces Farmnote 26/91.

Agdex 250/533

Recommended Citation

McPharlin, I, and Hegney, M. (1997), Bulletin 4328 - Soil testing for vegetable production on the coastal plain. Agriculture Western Australia Edit author details Remove author, Perth. Bulletin 4328.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins/339

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