Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 3 Introduction Introduction: Managing Soil Fertility Unit Overview “Feed the soil to feed the ...

Managing Soil Fertility 4 | Unit 1.1 ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 5 Instructor’s Lecture 1 Outline Lecture Outline 1: Soil Fertility Management— Concepts, Goal ...

Managing Soil Fertility 6 | Unit 1.1 c) Soil fertility: The capacity of a soil to provide nutrients required ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 7 Minimize disease/pest susceptibility a) Sustainable agriculture practices us ...

Managing Soil Fertility 8 | Unit 1.1 ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 9 Detailed Lecture Outline 1: Soil Fertility Management— Concepts, Goals, and Components for ...

Managing Soil Fertility 10 | Unit 1.1 vi. Finally, the organic system plan must contain the additional information deemed necess ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 11 to minimize environmental quality and human health risks associated with agricultural pro ...

Managing Soil Fertility 12 | Unit 1.1 ii. Conduct soil analysis with periodic monitoring. Soil analysis provides current quantit ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 13 Summary the sustainable farming practices described above, including crop rotations, soi ...

Managing Soil Fertility 14 | Unit 1.1 ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 15 Lecture 2 Outline: Soil Fertility Management— Sustainable Agriculture Practices for the in ...

Managing Soil Fertility 16 | Unit 1.1 Influences on the nutrient release from cover crops a) Soil temperature and moisture ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 17 Instructor’s Lecture 2 Outline v. Color vi. Texture/feel vii. Temperature e) Ease and ...

Managing Soil Fertility 18 | Unit 1.1 Instructor’s Lecture 2 Outline Rotation considerations a) Try to avoid rotation ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 19 Detailed Lecture 2 Outline: Soil Fertility Man- agement—Sustainable Agriculture Practices ...

Managing Soil Fertility 20 | Unit 1.1 iii. As a source of labile carbon, cover crops can stimulate microbial activity and increa ...

Managing Soil Fertility Unit 1.1 | 21 ii. Allelopathy: Many plants and certain cover crop species secrete allelopathic compounds ...

Managing Soil Fertility 22 | Unit 1.1 d. soil amendments and supplemental fertilizers in sustainable agriculture Soil fertility ...