Best practice management guides & related fact sheets
Best practice management guide on soil health in Australian vineyards
Part A: Chemical and Physical
In this guide you can read more about the chemical and physical aspects of soil health, how to measure soil health indicators and monitor your progress against suggested scoring guides.
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Best practice management guide on soil health in Australian vineyards
Part B: Soil biology
In this guide you can read more about soil biology and the living components of soil health, how to measure soil health indicators, the art of making quality compost and compost tea, how to use biostimulants and read the answers to a range of questions about soil health posted by wine growers.
Use the links below to access the guide as well as related fact sheets and other resources.
Best practice management guide on ground covers in Australian vineyards
In this guide you can read more about how to select ground covers including multispecies cover crops, native grasses and forbs and their establishment.
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Best practice management guide on functional biodiversity in Australian vineyards
In this guide you can read more about the importance of functional biodiversity, early succession, coloniser, or pioneer (weedy) species, flora (insectary plants), fauna (predatory birds, insect eating mammals, reptiles, amphibians), reported agrochemical toxicity to humans and cost and benefits of suggested practice change.
Use the links below to access the guide as well as related fact sheets and other resources.