Soil Management Handbook - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

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Table 1 Summary of Climatological Data for Some Representative Atmospheric Environment Service Stations in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys STATION Lat. Long. Elev. Yrs. of Record GDD LSF FFF FFP PA PS Snow GP PES Ext. Min. Armstrong 50 26 119 12 375 26 1867 May 18 Sept 20 124 457 174 159 55 565 -42.2 40.6 -9.6 28.0 Kelowna Airport 49 58 119 23 430 12 1801 May 26 Sept 20 116 312 129 104 22 489 *1 Ext. Max. Jan. Min. July Max. -36.1 38.6 -9.3 28.0 Keremeos 50 12 119 47 430 29 2424 Apr 18 Oct 17 181 242 103 64 52 534 -30.6 41.1 -6.5 29.0 Lumby 50 15 118 58 509 10 1711 May 25 Sept 11 108 420 193 143 37 --- -33.3 38.3 -10.4 27.4 Okanagan Centre 50 4 119 27 348 29 2040 Apr 26 Oct 17 173 356 148 81 44 495 -30.0 40.0 -5.5 27.3 Oliver 49 10 119 33 315 29 2194 May 11 Sept 28 139 291 118 56 51 620 -30.6 42.8 -6.9 29.2 Osoyoos 49 4 119 31 331 27 2459 Apr 18 Oct 16 180 336 126 69 41 517 -25.6 39.5 -6.1 29.1 Oyama 50 06 119 22 396 5 1909 May 15 Oct 12 149 387 169 91 40 --- -26.5 39.0 -7.0 27.4 Penticton Airport 49 28 119 36 344 30 2136 May 8 Oct 4 148 283 122 76 45 549 -27.2 40.6 -5.3 28.6 Summerland CDA 49 34 119 39 455 30 2196 Apr 22 Oct 10 165 291 127 78 46 513 -30.0 40.0 -6.3 27.8 Vernon 50 14 119 17 555 9 2011 Apr 22 Oct 15 175 348 151 103 30 471 *2 -26.7 38.5 -7.4 27.0 Winfield 50 02 119 25 503 10 2043 Apr 19 Oct 3 176 332 141 106 38 --- -25.5 37.2 -6.5 27.1 Sources: Environment Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service, 1982. Canadian Climate Normals, Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 6: 1951-1980. Downsview, Ontario Air Studies Branch. Climatic Capability Classification for Agriculture in British Columbia, RAB Technical Paper 1. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, B.C., 1978. *1 Kelowna CDA *2 Vernon Coldstream Appendix A-7
Appendix B: Soil Series And Locations Appendix B-1
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Soil Management Handbook For The Ok
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Preface The Soil Management Handboo
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Table Of Contents Preface..........
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Table of Contents Con't. Page 3.6 D
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List Of Soil Management Groups And
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List Of Tables Table1: Farm Conserv
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To obtain information about the soi
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List of Definitions for Table 1 Con
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Well Suited Crops • All necessary
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Soil Depth refers to the depth to e
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Grapes: grape suitability is strong
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Soil Management Groups This section
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Gammil Soil Management Group Soil S
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Greata Soil Management Group Soil S
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Kelowna Soil Management Group Soil
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Munson Soil Management Group Soil S
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Postill Soil Management Group Soil
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Rumohr Soil Management Group Soil S
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Skaha Soil Management Group Soil Se
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Summerland Soil Management Group So
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Miscellaneous Soils Soil Series: Ar
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Soil Management Guide This section
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Table 5 Soil Particle Size and Char
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Table 6 Physical Characteristics of
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plant roots and organic matter. The
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The bulk density of high organic mi
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Other management practices, such as
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Figure 11 Schematic drawing of the
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Page 61 and 62: 3. Water Management High rainfall d
Page 63 and 64: Table 12 Availability Coefficients
Page 65 and 66: Impact of large drops of water disp
Page 67 and 68: The single most important soil fact
Page 69 and 70: land. Drainage systems are also nec
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Page 73 and 74: Table 16 Generalized Soil Profile D
Page 75 and 76: Table 17 Drain Recommendations Base
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Page 79 and 80: vertically into the soil and as it
Page 81 and 82: Figure 19 Schematic drawing of the
Page 83 and 84: Case 1: Well Structured Soils If th
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Page 87 and 88: "tie up" some soil nitrogen, althou
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Page 91 and 92: contaminate groundwater. Water cont
Page 93 and 94: Table 18 N, P and K Content of Vari
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Page 97 and 98: Annual or permanent cover will redu
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Page 101 and 102: References Published Sources Agricu
Page 103 and 104: Stevenson, D.S. and Brownlee, C.H.
Page 105 and 106: Appendix A-2 Figure 2 Typical summe
Page 107 and 108: Appendix A-4 fall frost. The angle
Page 109: Appendix A-6 Abbreviations Used in
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Page 115 and 116: Postill Soil Management Group Eanea
Page 117 and 118: Miscellaneous Soils Armstrong (A:er
Page 119: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT B.C
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