The Soil Wealth ICP project has worked closely with the Australian vegetable industry since 2014 to help growers integrate technical R&D information on soil management and crop health into the production systems of vegetable farms.
Soil Wealth ICP is currently focusing on four priority areas identified by the vegetable industry:
- Soil health
- Cover crops, rotations and minimum till
- Consumer education
- Biology and microbiome
- Composting and soil
- Crop health
- Integrated pest, disease and weed management
- Genetics and new varieties
- Optimising inputs
- Nutrient use efficiency
- Waste
- Fuel
- Irrigation
- Carbon and climate
- Understanding policy, markets and methods of measurement
- Resilient production systems (adaptation)
- Mitigation.
Vegetable resources
Broccoli/cauliflower nutrition guide
The Soil Wealth ICP team is developing a series of crop nutrition guides to help growers, advisors and other vegetable industry service providers to manage crop-specific nutrition. This guide focuses on broccoli/cauliflower crops and...
Internal Fruit Rot of Capsicum
Internal fruit rot is a significant disease affecting capsicum production, often remaining undetected until it reaches consumers, leading to complaints and reduced confidence in the product. The VG17012 Internal Fruit Rot of Capsicums project investigated...
Understanding the common factors driving yield in Tasmanian pea production
Tasmania grows approximately 99% of Australia’s processing peas for Simplot Australia. Peas are grown in a range of soils and climatic regions throughout the state. They are a beneficial rotational vegetable crop for many Tasmanian...
Bulletin February 2025
In this edition: Video: What growers can look forward to in 2025 from Soil Wealth ICP Upcoming events and webinars Demo site news from Bundaberg, Qld Resources: Preparing for floods video miniseries, where to...
Vegetable demo sites
Recent vegetable news
Broccoli/cauliflower nutrition guide
The Soil Wealth ICP team is developing a series of crop nutrition guides to help growers, advisors and other...
Internal Fruit Rot of Capsicum
Internal fruit rot is a significant disease affecting capsicum production, often remaining undetected until it reaches consumers, leading to complaints...
