The Soil Wealth ICP project develops informative and timely resources in a range of formats.
These resources target specific vegetable and melon issues and allow growers to apply knowledge to solve problems within their business.
Resources have been developed by the Soil Wealth ICP project team and a range of R&D service providers. We acknowledge the valuable work done by these teams in developing the resources and will share new information as they become available.
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Erosion: how to protect your soil
A healthy topsoil is a great asset to have, as this layer of soil contains the highest concentration of organic matter, micro-organisms, nutrients and biological activity. Lost topsoil can’t be replaced in a human’s...
Biofumigation crop management for maximum impact
Dale Gies outlines the importance of correct establishment and water and nutrient requirements of biofumigant crops. Part 3 of 5 of a Green Crops and Biofumigation seminar presented by Dale Gies from High...
Legume cover crops can increase spinach yield
Mulyan Farms owner Ed Fagan oversees the harvest with the purpose-built spinach harvester of the high-yielding spinach crop grown after a legume cover crop For growing babyleaf spinach on the fertile, sandy loam soils...
How to control Pythium in vegetable crops with Dr Len Tesoriero
Download presentation here Download the fact sheet on managing soilborne disease
Southern Fields Vegetable Farm Demonstration Site – Experiences from leading growers
Hear from Tasmanian lettuce grower Colin Houston about the exciting demonstrations being run on his new farm aimed at improving profitability and sustainability. 'Experiences from leading growers' is a series of videos produced...
Best Management Practices to Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions for Annual Vegetable Production
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a gas which under certain soil and environmental conditions is produced from both soil mineralised and fertiliser nitrogen (N) by de-nitrifying bacteria. For the farmer this represents a loss of...
Soil Carbon Snapshot
There has been a renewed focus to better understand the role and function of soil carbon in Australian agricultural situations. This summary provides a snapshot of current knowledge and signposts the key messages and...
Soilborne Disease Master Class for the Vegetable Industry – Experiences from leading growers
Vegetable growers and advisors discuss how attending a master class has changed the way they manage soilborne diseases and influenced their business. 'Experiences from leading growers' is a series of videos produced by...
Managing Plant Health and Soils in Vegetables – Experiences from leading growers
This video clip describes how nitrous oxide emissions from soils and nitrogen fertiliser can be managed using right source (product), rate, time and place principles. For more information on the Fertcare Carbon Farming...
Managing nitrous oxide emissions from soil and fertiliser
This video clip describes how nitrous oxide emissions from soils and nitrogen fertiliser can be managed using right source (product), rate, time and place principles. For more information on the Fertcare Carbon Farming...
What’s the story with soil carbon
A seven minute overview of soil carbon in agriculture.
Understanding Manures & Composts
Delivered at Fertilizer 2015 Conference.
Development of biofumigant cover crops and their potential benefits
Listen to Dale Gies outline the development of high glucosinolates varieties for soilborne disease and nematode suppression. 9:25 The potential benefits of biofumigants are summarised from case studies in potatoes, beans, strawberries, pumpkins...
The Soil Story
This video was produced by the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) Victoria.
Bulmer Farm Walk May 2015
Missed the Bulmer Farm Walk on 21 May 2015? Catch up on reduced tillage options in vegetables in this video from Jeanette Servers of Good Fruit & Vegetable. A farm walk at Lindenow...
The past, present, and future of the cover crop industry
Steve Groff, farmer and the founder of Cover Crop Solutions, Pennsylvania, USA provides an excellent overview of cover cropping in the USA. "by the mid-1960's, cover crops were quickly becoming a distant memory" Some...
Chemical control of nematodes in carrots
Telone® (1,3 dichloropropene) and Telone C35® (1,3 dichloropropene+chloropicrin) have been effective in controlling nematodes in field trials in Western Australia and should be useful to growers experiencing failure of fenimaphos and metham sodium to control nematodes. Telone® needs...
Introduction to green crops and biofumigation
Part 1 of 5 of a Green Crops and Biofumigation seminar presented by Dale Gies from High Performance Seeds Inc, Washington, USA. Seminar hosted by Serve-Ag Tasmania, February 2015 and broadcast by Soil...
Building Soils for Better Crops
This book is a practical guide to ecological soil management that provides background information as well as details of soil-improving practices. It is meant to give the reader an appreciation of the importance of...
Management of Root-Knot Nematode in Vegetable Crops
There are many situations in the vegetable industry where crops are planted into fields where the root-knot nematode population is too low to cause yield losses. However, in the absence of a nematode monitoring...
