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Q40. What is it about soil texture that impacts growth? Especially in a crop like lentils?
Soil texture significantly affects crop growth by influencing water retention, nutrient storage, and drainage; lentils particularly prefer loamy soils due to their balanced moisture availability and nutrient-holding capacity, and dislike acidic or waterlogged conditions.
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Q39. When one patch of sandy soil starts eroding, will the patch of erosion grow and grow until you are left with a large unproductive area of soil?
Unchecked erosion on sandy soils can rapidly expand and degrade surrounding areas, so maintaining permanent vegetative cover, managing soil constraints, and minimising disturbance are essential to prevent extensive erosion.
View moreQ38. Why are sandy soils different across South Australia?
Sandy soils differ across South Australia due to variations in their geological origins, age, parent material, climate, and land management history, resulting in distinct properties like pH, texture, depth to clay, and nutrient availability.
View moreQ34. Is there any benefit to deep ripping clay loams?
Deep ripping clay loams offers limited and unpredictable benefits, with potential risks of bringing hostile subsoil (dispersive, saline, or boron-rich) to the surface; a careful test rip is recommended first.
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Q33. Why would I deep rip my sandy soils? Will I get a yield response?
Deep ripping dispersive soil is generally not recommended without gypsum, as benefits are short-lived and ripping may worsen dispersion, salinity, or boron issues.
View moreQ25. Can I rip into dispersive soil to open it up?
Deep ripping dispersive soil is generally not recommended without gypsum, as benefits are short-lived and ripping may worsen dispersion, salinity, or boron issues.
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