Soils

9 December 2021

These translated practical guides from PCS, Belgium cover a wide range of topics including integrated plant management, lighting crops, cost price calculation and profitability, fertiliser use in ornamental crops etc.

10 August 2020

This webinar looks at the theory and principles behind mole drainage and soil loosening, along with practical tips on how to effectively implement these operations in-field.

14 July 2020

Interested in your soil health? This will be a practical session looking at how to assess your soil structure, using a VESS assessment, and your earthworm numbers across the farm. Use this information to inform management practices and hear how this has been put into practice on the AHDB Strategic Farms. Led by Anne Bhogal, ADAS, this will provide a hands on guide to what is needed in-field, a forum to ask your questions and the resources to carry it out for your farm business.

4 June 2020

30 June 2022

A summary of our latest research for pests, weeds, diseases, soils and nutrition for field vegetable crops

23 May 2022

A case study to improve soils in field tree and hedging production.

8 April 2022

How to sample your asparagus crops to better understand your soil

12 May 2021

Many pumpkins are lost each year due to rotting in storage. Find out what causes rot in stored pumpkins and how to counteract it.

17 December 2018

The AHDB GREATsoils programme has been signposted as a vital resource and tool for growers as part of two new soil qualifications from BASIS

3 October 2022

Soil health is the ability of a soil to sustain, in the long term, its most important functions. It requires a good balance of physical, chemical and biological soil properties, many of which can be tested.

4 October 2022

This Grower issues includes information on peat free growing media, the rise of the health conscious consumer and scouting robots

11 October 2018

Salad grower Simon Gardner of G’s on low till cover crops for soil health