A soil health initiative for revegetation and orchards Article Swipe
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· 2025
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-047-11552
· OA: W4412902075
A soil health initiative for revegetation and orchards Lynette Abbott from The University of Western Australia highlights an innovative soil health initiative for revegetation and orchards. The strategic placement of biological amendments derived from waste nutrient resources can be used in permeable biomass wells and walls to improve establishment of trees and shrubs planted during restoration of degraded vegetation on farms, or in orchards. Soil biological processes are involved in these restoration processes, which improve soil health. Permeable biomass wells (Figure 1) and walls (Figure 2) have been investigated at a field demonstration at The University of Western Australia’s farm, in the grainbelt east of Perth, Western Australia. The trial showed how up-scaling of novel soil restoration practices initiated on a small scale near Brookton, Western Australia, can restore degraded areas of farmland by improving soil health.
