Salinity and potato production (Part 2 of 4): Know your salts to better manage potato nutrition
This fact sheet is the second in a series of four on salinity and potato production in South Australia. ‘Know your salts’ takes an in-depth look at salinity and the salts that affect both plant health and soil structure, and guide potato nutrition.
Although these fact sheets focus on potato production in salt affected regions of South Australia, the information can be applied to other salt affected regions of Australia.
This series of factsheets were developed by Serve-Ag and E.E. Muir & Sons as part of the Hort Innovation project PT16001 - Impact of groundwater quality on the management of centre-pivot-grown potato crops.
Think you know your salts? Watch this interactive webinar recording to find out how growers can better manage salinity and potato nutrition. Topics discussed include chloride toxicity, chloride and nitrate competition, sodium, bicarbonates, pH implications, the use of Thiocal to help flush salts and improve soil condition, and SOP fertilisers vs MOPs.
Hear from panelists Julie Finnigan (Serve-Ag), Dr Doris Blaesing (RMCG), Bruce Scott (E.E. Muir & Sons) and Carl Larsen (RMCG).
This webinar was funded by Hort Innovation as part of the project - Impact of groundwater quality on management of centre pivot grown potato crops (PT16001).
