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Brian Dougherty replied to the discussion Long-term correction of magnesium deficiency in calcium rich soils. in the forum Broad Acre Crops 2 years ago
Reply to Long-term correction of magnesium deficiency in calcium rich soils.
Hi Adrian, when you say you are applying magnesium sulfur, are you referring to Epsom salt? Can you apply as a foliar rather than a soil application? Epsom salt is about 10% Mg so if that’s what you are using you’d be adding 20 kg/ha/yr Mg, which will never be enough to significantly raise Mg base saturation on a soil test. What are your soil…
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Angus Ingram started the discussion Harvesting Buckwheat in the forum Broad Acre Crops 2 years ago
Hi all,
We’re running about 1,500ha in a 450mm rainfall zone in north central Victoria in southern Australia, about 40% double cropped. Growing wheat, faba beans, canola, azuki beans and buckwheat. Aiming to plant around 250ha of Buckwheat in February 2024. We have grown it in cover crops a few times successfully.
I’d love to learn from others…
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Damon posted an update 3 years ago
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Darrin Petzer replied to the discussion Shelf life of micro-greens in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
Reply to Shelf life of micro-greens
This is interesting as my wife loves microgreens but they seldom last very long. Thinking out aloud – I wonder what the solubility of Ca:K is in the starting medium? Presence of nitrate? Availability and uptake of silicon and Ca? My assumption might be that because this is solely a seed germinating type of farming, there is a lot of…
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Darrin Petzer replied to the discussion Which micronutrients are safer to err on excess vs err on deficiency in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
Reply to Which micronutrients are safer to err on excess vs err on deficiency
I ask the question because my equipment puts out 100gal per acre when I’m doing everything correctly – tractor speed dependent. So 1 quart per acre into 100gal of water is a significantly different ppm than 1 quart per acre into 5gal of water. However the grams delivered is the same.
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