Oil Palm Nursery Fertilizer Trials in West New Britain.

Abstract

Fertilizer trials on recent volcanic soils in an oil palm nursery at Mosa Plantation in west New Britain are described. One trial with different rates of nitrogen and another with factorial combinations of the other major nutrients were run in 1969-70 on both topsoil and subsoil. The latter is being used mainly now as topsoil becomes scarce in the nursery vicinity. The oil palm seedlings were grown in large polythene bags for 12 months, with fortnightly fertilizer applications.