The productivity of your soil is largely determined by its inherent ability to provide water and nutrients to trees, along with the management of irrigation and fertigation to overcome soil constraints. Sometimes a particular soil will be constrained by multiple chemical or physical constraints. However there are usually management approaches available to overcome these constraints if they can be identified and understood.
Understanding your soil, recognising potential constraints and how they impact on production is an important step to improving apple yield. This website provides information on the health, constraints and management of a range of soil types found in different apple growing locations across South-Eastern Australia. Search for your soil either by location or by soil type. The information provided on soil morphology, chemistry and hydrology will help you to manage your soil and understand limiting factors.