Soil Fertility & Nutrition

Name: Soil Fertility & Nutrition
Start: 2025-02-16T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-16T12:00:00-05:00
Location: 149 Hurricane Road, Keene, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03431

Schedule

Sun Feb 16 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

149 Hurricane Road, Keene, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03431 | Keene, NH

Whether you’re a commercial farmer or backyard gardener healthy soil is paramount in working with the land, not against it, In this workshop students will be learning how to protect and promote soil fertility – the foundation of productive, sustainable agriculture – in addition to learning about commercially available and homemade products designed to improve soil nutrition. How do you determine what your soil needs? How can you supply it?
In this Soil Fertility and Nutrition Workshop students will learn:
The essential nutrients plants need to survive and thrive and the role they play in plant growth and development
The basics of soil science and how it relates to soil fertility
About different nutrient sources including organic and mineral fertilizers
How to read a fertilizer label
How to evaluate and improve soil quality
Various ways to recycle and use nutrients including composting and using animal manure
10- 12pm