Soil Testing and Interpretation for Vegetable Crops

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This guide has been prepared with funding from Horticulture Innovation Australia using the vegetable levy and funds from the Australian Government as part of VG13076 Soil condition extension and capacity building. Technical experts and practitioners reviewed this guide and provided valuable inputs.

The purpose of this guide is to help growers and agronomists interpreting conventional ‘chemical’ soil tests and identify soil chemical constraints for commercial vegetable production in Australia. It can be used to guide site specific decisions on nutrition management. It does NOT provide prescriptive information on how much of a certain nutrient or fertiliser to apply to various vegetable crops. A recipe approach is not recommended because results in crop performance would be unreliable.