Farmer’s Weekly – 09 August 2019

Basics for Farming Success

Productive Farming starts with Fertile Soil, so

the focus of Sustainable Farming is to build soil

fertility by conditioning the Physics, Biology and

Chemistry by:

1. Mulching Planted areas or growing Cover
   Crops – to save water, maintain soil
   temperature & suppress weed growth.


2. Adding Compost or growing Green Manure –
   for good structure, water retention, add
   humus (carbon) and food for soil life.


3. CorrectChemistry,andincreaseNutrient
   levels– adjustPh,fertilisecorrectlyto
   optimisecropproductivity,healthand
   resistancetopest& disease.

TalborneOrganicsVITA&ENVIRO-Care

fertilizersarescientificallyformulatedtodeliver

completeplantfoodtoensurecropproductivity

andquality.(SeeNutrientDeficiencyChart)

Abalanceddietforallcrops,includes18 most

essentialnutrients:

Majornutrients

Nitrogen(N)- Promoteshealthygreenleaves

Phosphate(P)- Promotesstrongroots&

branches,andproductivecropping

Potassium(K)- Promotesflowers& fruits,builds

strongcellstoresistdisease

Minornutrients

Calcium(Ca),Magnesium(Mg),Sulphur(S)

Micronutrients

Boron(B),Chlorine(Cl),Iron(Fe),Copper(Cu),

Manganese(Mn),Zinc(Zn),Molybdenum(Mo),

Sodium(Na)

ALL THREE ASPECTS IMPACT SOIL FERTILITY

While conventional soil fertility programs focus on N,P, K,

the balanced fertility approach considers not only the full

spectrum of CHEMICAL elements necessary to optimise

crop yields, but the BIOLOGICAL and PHYSICAL factors

that impact production as well.

See FERTILIZER GUIDE on http://www.talborne.co.za Edu-Info
for further information.

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tilth

aeration

moisture retention

exchange

capacity

buffering

heterotropic

bacteria

fungi

actinomycetes

pseudo-monads

N-fixing bacteria

Fe B Ca,

Cu K P N Mg

Na S Zn

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