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Touria Eaton, Ph.D. State Extension Specialist Lincoln University of Missouri [email protected] Soil Fertility Management

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Page 1: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Touria Eaton PhD State Extension Specialist Lincoln University of Missouri eatontlincolnuedu

Soil Fertility Management

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Table 1 Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein amino acid Phosphorus P Nucleic acid ATP Potassium K Catalyst ion transport Calcium Ca Cell wall component Magnesium Mg Part of chlorophyll Sulfur S Amino acid Boron B Cell wall component Chlorine Cl Photosynthesis reactions Copper Cu Component of enzymes Iron Fe Chlorophyll synthesis Manganese Mn Activates enzyme Molybdenum Mo Involved in N fixation Nickel Ni Component of enzymes Zinc Zn Activates enzymes

Soil Fertility Management

All nutrients available

Appropriate concentrations

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Table 1 Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein amino acid Phosphorus P Nucleic acid ATP Potassium K Catalyst ion transport Calcium Ca Cell wall component Magnesium Mg Part of chlorophyll Sulfur S Amino acid Boron B Cell wall component Chlorine Cl Photosynthesis reactions Copper Cu Component of enzymes Iron Fe Chlorophyll synthesis Manganese Mn Activates enzyme Molybdenum Mo Involved in N fixation Nickel Ni Component of enzymes Zinc Zn Activates enzymes

Soil Fertility Management

All nutrients available

Appropriate concentrations

Available form

P N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Corn

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Broccoli

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Cauliflower

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Table 1 Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein amino acid Phosphorus P Nucleic acid ATP Potassium K Catalyst ion transport Calcium Ca Cell wall component Magnesium Mg Part of chlorophyll Sulfur S Amino acid Boron B Cell wall component Chlorine Cl Photosynthesis reactions Copper Cu Component of enzymes Iron Fe Chlorophyll synthesis Manganese Mn Activates enzyme Molybdenum Mo Involved in N fixation Nickel Ni Component of enzymes Zinc Zn Activates enzymes

Soil Fertility Management

All nutrients available

Appropriate concentrations

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Table 1 Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein amino acid Phosphorus P Nucleic acid ATP Potassium K Catalyst ion transport Calcium Ca Cell wall component Magnesium Mg Part of chlorophyll Sulfur S Amino acid Boron B Cell wall component Chlorine Cl Photosynthesis reactions Copper Cu Component of enzymes Iron Fe Chlorophyll synthesis Manganese Mn Activates enzyme Molybdenum Mo Involved in N fixation Nickel Ni Component of enzymes Zinc Zn Activates enzymes

Soil Fertility Management

All nutrients available

Appropriate concentrations

Available form

P N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Corn

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Broccoli

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Cauliflower

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 3: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Table 1 Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein amino acid Phosphorus P Nucleic acid ATP Potassium K Catalyst ion transport Calcium Ca Cell wall component Magnesium Mg Part of chlorophyll Sulfur S Amino acid Boron B Cell wall component Chlorine Cl Photosynthesis reactions Copper Cu Component of enzymes Iron Fe Chlorophyll synthesis Manganese Mn Activates enzyme Molybdenum Mo Involved in N fixation Nickel Ni Component of enzymes Zinc Zn Activates enzymes

Soil Fertility Management

All nutrients available

Appropriate concentrations

Available form

P N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Corn

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Broccoli

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Cauliflower

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 4: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

P N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Corn

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Broccoli

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Cauliflower

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 5: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Broccoli

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Cauliflower

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 6: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Broccoli

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Cauliflower

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Cauliflower

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Reduced yield

Economic loss

Peas

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 9: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Strawberries

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 10: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Potatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable crop

Economic loss

Reduced yield

Tomatoes

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Unmarketable fruit

Economic loss

Cucumber

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 13: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Eutrification

Economic loss

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

Avoid unmarketable crops

Avoid reduced yield

Avoid pollution

Goal

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 16: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 20: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 21: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Compost

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 22: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses Organic Matter =

Bank for Nutrients

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 24: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass

Used for crop production

Biochar

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 25: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Amazonians used biochar to amend their soils

Amazonian earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus ) responsible for powdering and incorporation of biochar in the soil

History Infertile soil

Fertile soil (terra preta) (black earth)

Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management Needed

Challenge

Nutrient losses

Split Fertilization

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Needed

P

NO3-

Zn Ca++

K+

Mo Ni++

Mg++

B

Cl-

Cu++

S Fe

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

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Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of the soil

Indicative of nutrient availability in the soil

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

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Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

pH of 55 - 65

Add lime if

pH lt 55

Add S if

pH gt 65

pH = 55-65

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use lime to increase the pH

CaMg(CO3)2

Ca(OH)2 CaO

CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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CaCO3

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

CaMg(CO3)2

Lime needs Contact with soil Water

Use lime to increase the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Page 36: Soil Fertility Management - Great Plains Growers …...P N Zn Ca K Mo Ni Mg B Cl Cu S Fe Table 1: Plant nutrients Nutrient Symbol Function in plants Nitrogen N protein, amino acidP

Soil Fertility Management

Needed

Soil Test

Soil Test Report

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

Use Sulfur to decrease the pH

Water Temperature and Microorganisms are important for S to work

Apply S in the fall

Test your soil in the fall

When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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When the pH is adjusted

pH

adjusted P

N

Zn

Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

H2PO4--

NO3- NH4+

Zn++

Ca++

K+

MoO42- Ni++

Mg++

H2BO3-

Cl-

Cu++

SO4--

Fe++

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

Needed

Water Supply

P

N

Zn Ca

K

Mo Ni

Mg

B

Cl

Cu

S Fe

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Add OGM

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management

1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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1 Nutrients in the soil in appropriate quantities

2 Nutrients in available forms

3 Nutrients are mobile in the soil and in the plant

4 Healthy root system

Needed

Drainage

Drainage tiles

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Soil Test For Texture

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Sandy soil

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Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Loam soil

Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

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Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

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Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

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Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

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Clay soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

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Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

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Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

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Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

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Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

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Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Does not hold nutrients

Does not hold water

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Know about your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

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Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Holds water well

Clay soil

Not enough drainage

Fertile

Holds on to nutrients

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Sandy soil

Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Too much drainage

Not fertile

Acid

Low CEC

Does not hold water

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add Lime

Add organic matter

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Clay soil

Bad drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

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Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Fertile

High CEC

Alkaline

Holds too much water

Add OGM + Raised beds

Add OGM + (Fertilizers)

Add OGM

Add Sulfur

Add OGM + Raised beds

Soil Fertility Management Work with your soil

Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Loam soil

Good drainage

Fertile

High CEC

Holds water well

Add organic matter

Add OGM + Fertilizers

Add OGM

Add organic matter

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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Soil Fertility Management Continue to know about your soil

Fertilize Adjust the pH Address drainage Add organic

matter

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