Status of Fertilizer Application and Soil Management for Major Vegetable Crops in Farmers' Fields of Alpine Area

The investigations were conducted to find out the situation of fertilizer use and the contents of soil chemical components on summer vegetable crops at 791 farmers' upland fields located in the parts of Gangwon-do, Gyengsangbuk-do and Jeollabuk-do of alpine area. Major vegetable crops were potato, Chinese cabbage, radish, carrot, onion, and cabbage. From the location surroundings cultivated alpine vegetable crops, the orders were Gangwon-do>Gyeongsangbuk-do>Jeollabuk-do part in the sizes of a fie1d area and the height above sea level, and Jeollabuk-do>Gyeongsangbuk-do>Gangwon-do part in the slope degrees. The soil texture was of wide distribution on sandy loam soil for Gangwon-do(76%) and Jeollabuk-do part(64%), and 1oam(42%) and sandy loam soil(35%) for Gyeongsangbuk-do part. From the numbers of investigated fields, the distribution of slope degree was wider than those of height above sea level in relation to location surroundings. The upland soils of 785 fields cultivated vegetable crops were sampled at 0~15 cm of top soil before seeding or transplanting and analyzed. On an average, pH, organic matter, available phosphate and exchangeable potassium, calcium, magnesium of soil were 5.7, $27.6g\;kg^{-1}$, $765mg\;kg^{-1}$, $1.16cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$, $6.1cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$, and $1.6cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$, respectively. The average cation exchange capacity(CEC) of 120 sites in Gangwon-do part was $9.2cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$. The content of organic matter, exchangeable potassium, exchangeable calcium and exchangeable magnesium was higher, while that of available phosphate was lower with slope degrees. And the content of major chemical components in carrot soil was lower in comparison with other crop soils. The average levels of N, $P_2O_5$, $K_2O$, livestock manure and lime fertilizer of 785 Belds applied by farmers were 335, 198, 244, 12,680 and $1,750kg\;ha^{-1}$, respectively, for summer vegetable crops in alpine area. The average amounts of $N-P_2O_5-K_2O$ fertilizers applied by farmers in 785 Gelds of vegetable crops were higher 1.7~2.0-4.2~7.0-1.4~2.0 times on potato, 1.4~1.6-4.6~8.3-3.5~4.2 times on Chinese cabbage, and 1.2~1.3-4.2~7.2-3.0~3.61 times on radish than the rates of NPK fertilizers based on soil testing for each crop.

고랭지 주요작물의 시비 및 토양관리 실태

본 연구는 고랭지 주요 채소작물에 대한 적정 시비관리 및 토양관리기술의 기초 자료로 이용하고자 2003년에서 2004년까지 2년에 걸쳐 고랭지권역 792개소를 대상으로 토양관리실태 및 시비실태를 조사하였다. 그 결과 재배지역의 표고는 강원(679 m)>경북(560 m )>전북(524 m) 순으로 높은 반면, 경사는 전북(10.6%)>경북(8.2%)>강원(7.5%) 순으로 높았다. 그리고 토성은 강원과 전북은 사양토(강원 76%, 전북 64%), 경북은 양토(42%)와 사양토(35%)가 많았다. 토양의 화학성은 pH 5.7, 유기물 $27.6g\;kg^{-1}$, 유효인산 $765mg\;kg^{-1}$, 치환성의 칼륨, 칼슘 및 마그네슘은 각각 1.16, 6.1, $1.6cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$, 양이온 치환용량은 $9.2cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$이었다. 고랭지 주요작물의 시비실태 조사결과 화학비료 시비량은 토양검정 시비량에 비하여 감자는 질소 1.7~2.0배, 인산 4.2~7.0배, 칼리 1.4~2.2배, 배추는 질소 1.4~1.6배, 인산 4.6~8.3배, 칼리 3.5~4.2배, 무는 질소 1.2~1.3배, 인산 4.2~7.2배, 칼리 3.0~3.6배였다. 이와 같은 결과는 모든 작물에서 토양의 축적된 화학성분과 작물의 양분 요구도을 고려하지 않고 관행적으로 시비하고 있음을 보여 주고 있다. 특히 인산과 칼리를 과용하고 있는 것은 시급히 개선해야 할 사항으로 토양검정기준에 의한 시비관리 및 영농기술 지도가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.