Tackling subsoil acidity

By Lisa Miller, Southern Farming Systems
Updated May 22 2018 - 6:01pm, first published 3:00pm
TRIAL: Superfine F70 lime where the majority of the lime particles are below 70 micron used in the Rokewood subsoil acidity trial.
TRIAL: Superfine F70 lime where the majority of the lime particles are below 70 micron used in the Rokewood subsoil acidity trial.

Subsoil acidity trial work is underway at Rokewood in south-west Victoria at a site where soil acidity is affecting the soil depth to 30cm. The trial reflects many soils across south west Victoria where the pH varies with depth and the acidity affects the 10 to 20 cm depth, where previous lime applications have not reached.

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