Abstract The sandy loam soil and gentle slope of the test plot allowed for adequate water drainage. The top fifteen centimetres of the soil in the experimental field had a slightly alkaline response, was low in organic carbon and accessible nitrogen, and was medium in available phosphorus and potassium. In both 2018 and 2019, integrated nutrition management treatments had no detectable influence on plant population (per metre of row length) at either 30 DAS or harvest. There was no significant difference in plant height at 30 DAS between the integrated nutrition management treatments in either 2018–19 or 2019–20, or in the pooled result.