Field Notes
Boron and cover crops: a micronutrient interact...
Boron is one of the micronutrients oil palm is most sensitive to, and the soil organic matter that a legume cover crop builds is part of the system...
The replant-year cover-crop establishment calen...
The replant year is the single best chance to get a legume cover crop established, because the canopy is open, light reaches the ground, and the young...
Durian and Phytophthora: an integrated soil and...
Phytophthora is a water-driven disease, and that single fact shapes everything about managing it in durian (Durio zibethinus). The pathogen thrives in...
Sugarcane weevil and Cane-Phorus: an IPM approach
Yes, and the trial evidence is striking. In pheromone-based mass trapping for the weevils that attack sugarcane and banana (Metamasius and the related...
Living mulch or irrigation? A dry-season moistu...
When the dry season squeezes an estate, the choice between a living mulch cover crop and installing irrigation is not a contest between two equal...
Soil microbiome testing for estates: what is wo...
Soil microbiome testing can tell an estate something useful, but only if you know what question you are asking and treat the result as a relative...