Foundations: Key Components to Crop Success

Soil Matters

The soil is more than a growing medium, it is a complex part of crop production that works both FOR you and AGAINST you concurrently!

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Water

Your crops obviously need water, but how does the water affect the crop? Does water quality (pH, TDS, etc.) impact your spray program? How does irrigation water affect soil and plant nutrients?

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Nutrients & Fertility

The 4 Ws of nutrients: What, When, Where, and Why? Do different forms have different responses? Are pounds of nutrients the same regardless of source? Foundational information on nutrients in general, as well as some more detailed info.

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Non-Nutritional Inputs

Humics and fulvics, PGRs, biostimulants, biologicals, etc.

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Soil Testing

How to interpret soil tests. What different types of tests are available and what they tell you. A look into the mathematics of per-acre soil interpretation.

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Plant Testing

Do tissue tests tell you what you think they tell you? What are alternatives? How are they useful?

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