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
Carrot and onion update: Herbicide resistance in ryegrass
This article provides an update from the project Addressing herbicide resistance and control failures in ryegrass management for onions, carrots and rotational crops which is delivered by AUSVEG and funded by Hort Innovation using the...
Integrated pest management in full bloom at Braham Produce
Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site hosts Andrew and Zurri Braham, and their son Evan, have started a new phase of their banker plant trials, planting a native insectary outside their capsicum greenhouses in Virginia, South...
Sourcing seeds: Genetics and variety
What are the right questions to ask? Deciding whether to grow a variety with no first-hand experience can be a challenge, and obtaining the right information is fundamental to compare possible candidates and make...
Know your soil biology: Part 3 Interpreting soil biology results
Part 3 of our Know Your Soil Biology series focuses on what your soil biology test results mean, and how to use them to better understand your soil and inform management decisions. This series...
Vegetable demo sites
Recent vegetable news
Carrot and onion update: Herbicide resistance in ryegrass
This article provides an update from the project Addressing herbicide resistance and control failures in ryegrass management for onions, carrots...
Integrated pest management in full bloom at Braham Produce
Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site hosts Andrew and Zurri Braham, and their son Evan, have started a new phase of...
