When to apply fertilisers to plants - Soil Essentials: Managing Your Farm's Primary Asset - page 97

Recommended fertiliser application times for perennial
pastures

New perennial pastures
Fertiliser Dryland Irrigated

Nitrogen (1) No N required if legumes sown

(2) Late autumn

(1) No N required if legumes sown
(2) Late autumn

Phosphorus At sowing (1) At sowing

(2) Late winter

Potassium Band application before or after

sowing

Band application before or after
sowing

Calcium (lime) Prior to sowing Prior to sowing

Trace elements (1) If deficiency signs appear

(2) Molybdenum every five years
on acid soils

(1) If deficiency signs appear
(2) Molybdenum every five years
on acid soils

Established perennial pastures
Fertiliser

Dryland Irrigated

Nitrogen (1) No N required if legumes sown

(2) Late autumn

(1) No N required if legumes sown
(2) Late autumn

Phosphorus At autumn break (1) At autumn break

(2) Late winter

Potassium (1) At autumn break

(2) Late winter

(1) At autumn break
(2) Late winter

Calcium (lime) Every 8-10 years (soil test first) Every 8-10 years (soil test first)

Trace elements (1) If deficiency signs appear

(2) Molybdenum every five years
on acid soils

(1) If deficiency signs appear
(2) Molybdenum every five years
on acid soils