FERTILISATION GUIDELINES FOR THE TABLE GRAPE INDUSTRY

INTRODUCTION

South Africa is blessed with soil scientists and viticulturalists who have worked in the industry for a long time, each with a strong scientific background. Pieter Raath, Kobus Conradie, Dawid Saayman and Bennie Diedericks collaborated on the new set of guidelines. Scientific principles, which have been established over several years, as well as practical experience are unique- ly compiled in this manual to empower any advisor or table grape farmer.

The South African table grape industry faces many challenges. There are new producing countries, like Peru, who di- rectly compete with us in the market, and for this reason, the quality of our product is non-negotiable. This manual makes it possible for the table grape farmer to manage the fertiliser programme in a scientific, yet practical way to produce premium quality grapes that can be of- fered to the market with Pride.

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