SOIL AS GROWTH MEDIUM
Different soils and crops require different fertilizers and fertilization is only a means to an end. The objective is to ensure the optimum yield for various crops and this is only possible if the full potential of the soil is unlocked.
- Fertilization Introduction 1
- Fertilization Introduction 2
- Soil as growth medium
- Growth factors
- Introduction to soil
- Soil classification
- Soil potential
- Fertility of the soil
- Soil texture
- Soil structure
- Soil water
- Soil microbe activity
- Organic fertilization 1
- Organic fertilization 2
- Conservation farming
- Biological farming
- Chemical fertility of soil
- Soil reaction
- Role of essential plant nutrients
- Phosphate
- Potassium
- Calcium and Sulphur
- Micro-elements
- Molybdenum
- Fertilization supplementing
- Fertilizer nutritional value
- Types of fertilizers
- Urea
- Plant requirements
- Managing leaf growth
- Macro-elements
- Micro-elements
- Fertility of the soil 2
- Root development and nutrient absorption
- Soil Prep
- Precision farming
Expected outcomes:
Have a better understanding of some of the important aspects of soil and nutrients including the following:
- General fertilization aspects
- The importance of soil as growth medium
- Soil potential, fertility, texture and structure
- Plant nutrient formulations
- The different roles of macro and micro elements
- Plant root development
- Soil preparation
- Biological farming
- Organic fertilization
- Microbe activity