Soil fertility

Introduction

Proper nutrition is essential for satisfactory crop growth and production. Nutrient requirements of crops and the ability of soils to supply nutrients vary widely. In this section you’ll find information for using fertilizers to supplement nutrient requirements under the various cropping and soil-climate conditions throughout the province.

For more information, see Soil fertility – Overview.

Fertilizer application placement methods

Macronutrients

The macronutrients obtained from the soil include:

• nitrogen (N)
• phosphorus (P)
• potassium (K)
• sulphur (S)

Learn about their application methods, deficiency symptoms, fertilizer types and more.

Micronutrients

The remaining essential elements needed by plants are known as micronutrients because plants use them in relatively small amounts.

Learn more about micronutrients.