Do you want to learn more about managing our most precious resource for food production? Do you want to see why and how a soil sample should be taken?
LandWISE will be holding a FREE to attend soils workshop in Hastings on the 20th of August. All are welcome to join us for a presentation on the following topics:
- Understanding soil tests – how to interpret values
- Following trends in soil test values e.g. Olsen P, bringing values back to the ‘middle’/optimum
- Using soil tests as the basis for a fertiliser plan
- An introduction to N-Test Strips and VSA
- Interpreting fertiliser recommendations from the new Nutrient Management for Vegetable Crops book (Reid and Morton, 2019) and current fertiliser guidelines for Pipfruit and Grapes.
This will be followed by a short field visit to demonstrate and discuss how to take a representative soil sample from a paddock, as well as using N-Test Strips to understand the amount of plant-available N in soil.
DETAILS
Hastings, HB
- Tuesday 20th August 1:00pm, Green Shed, 21 Ruahapia Road
Please RSVP for catering purposes to info@landwise.org.nz
We look forward to seeing you there!
This event is presented as part of “Future Proofing Vegetable Production”, a Sustainable Farming Fund project supported by government, industry and farmers.