Horticulture

There is a great diversity of soil types across Victoria’s horticulture regions that reflect differences in parent material, topography, climate, landform processes and age (e.g. degree of weathering). These different soil types have a range of physical and chemical characteristics (e.g. structure, drainage, depth, pH, sodicity) that impact on management.

The map of Victorian Horticulture Region Soils is a consistent and broad statewide overview that displays the dominant Soil Orders, according to the Australian Soil Classification (Isbell, 2002). Horticulture areas shown here have been derived from information in the Victorian Land Use Information System (VLUIS) and by air-photo interpretation. They may not represent all horticultural activity, and may over-represent some, but will be continually improved as updated information becomes available.

The Glenelg-Hopkins region has a great diversity of soil types that reflect differences in parent material, topography, climate, organic activity and age e.g. degree of weathering. For agricultural purposes, many of these soils have some chemical and physical limitations e.g. acidity, which require careful management.