Skip to main content

Lettuce

Objective: Build a resilient, fast growing highly edible plant that is health to those that consume it

Pre plant soil fertility and amelioration — humified compost blended with lime + gypsum (spread)

Typically apply 10t of compost and lime gypsum to in accordance with soil tests

  1. Soil Amelioration – Building the Biological Foundation

Objective:
Improve soil structure, restore mineral balance, and stimulate biological activity to increase nutrient efficiency, water infiltration and holding capacity.

Key Practices:

  • Compost Application: Incorporate 10t/ha of mature compost to increase organic carbon, buffer pH, and feed soil microbes.
  • Ameliorants: Apply lime or gypsum based on soil test results to balance calcium and magnesium ratios, improve cation exchange, and reduce compaction.

Outcomes:

  • Enhanced soil aggregation and infiltration
  • Increased microbial biomass and nutrient cycling
  • Improved root penetration and access to subsoil moisture
  • Greater nutrient efficiency and reduced reliance on synthetic inputs

Timing:
4–6 weeks prior to sowing.

  1. Seed Dressing – Establishing Early Biological Advantage

Objective:
Protect the seed, accelerate germination, and establish beneficial microbial relationships around the emerging root.

Key Practices:

  • Coat seed with a seed dressing that has nutrients like phosphorus and zinc with a range of Bio primers like fish hydrolysate, worm juice, kelps and carbohydrates. A good Seed dressing should also be compatible biological inoculations
  • Combine with a range of spore form inoculant’s, from
    • Mycorrhizal Fungi — Early root colonisation & nutrient exchange
    • Trichoderma spp. — Pathogen suppression & nutrient solubilisation
    • Bacillus spp. — Nutrient cycling & biological defence
    • Pseudomonas spp. — Root stimulation & plant signalling
  • The biology forms a protective barrier against early pathogens while improving root exudation and nutrient solubilisation.

Experience the benefits of:

  • Enhanced germination rate and uniform emergence
  • Early vigour and root depth
  • Reduced seedling disease pressure
  • Improved nutrient uptake efficiency

 

Timing:
Applied at seeding, compatible with most conventional seed coating systems.