Soil Management Handbook - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

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Preface The Soil Management Handbook for the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys has been prepared to facilitate the use of soil inventory maps and reports. The handbook provides information on the types of crops suited to the soils and climate of the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys and the management inputs required to grow these crops. If more detailed information is required on soil management, contact an office of the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. It should be noted that although the authors are specialists in soil management, general comments have been made in this publication on production economics, crop suitability and crop production. These are not intended to be expert comments, but to provide the reader with a general understanding of the suitability of various climatically adapted crops. For definite information on the economics of producing or marketing a specific crop, an expert in the appropriate field of agrology should be consulted. iii
Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the many people who have contributed to the publication of this Handbook. They are especially indebted to: R.A. Bertrand, P.Ag. Original Draft Co-author, Director, Resource Management Branch, BCMAFF, Abbotsford A.B. Dawson, P.Ag. Original Draft Co-author, former Soil Specialist, BCMAFF, Kelowna U. Wittneben, P.Ag. Original Draft Co-author, Soil Specialist, Contaminated Sites Unit, Industrial Waste and Hazardous Contaminants Branch, BCMELP, Victoria R. Kline, P.Ag. Soil Conservation Specialist, for Conservation Section, Resource Management Branch, BCMAFF, Prince George L. Hokanson Engineering Technician, for drawings, Resource Management Branch, BCMAFF, Abbotsford R. Bryant Engineering Technician, for drawings, Resource Management Branch, BCMAFF, Abbotsford M. Lamont Desktop Publishing Clerk, desktop publishing, Resource Management Branch, BCMAFF, Abbotsford We would also like to thank the following people for their review of this publication: J. Price, P.Ag. BCMAFF, Vernon J. Parsons, P.Ag. BCMAFF, Oliver R. Van Kleeck, P.Eng. BCMAFF, Abbotsford T. Van der Gulik, P.Eng. BCMAFF, Abbotsford G. Runka, P.Ag. G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., Burnaby iv
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Page 10 and 11: List Of Soil Management Groups And
Page 12: List Of Tables Table1: Farm Conserv
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Page 19 and 20: Well Suited Crops • All necessary
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Page 23 and 24: Grapes: grape suitability is strong
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Page 31 and 32: Kelowna Soil Management Group Soil
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Page 35 and 36: Postill Soil Management Group Soil
Page 37 and 38: Rumohr Soil Management Group Soil S
Page 39 and 40: Skaha Soil Management Group Soil Se
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Page 43 and 44: Miscellaneous Soils Soil Series: Ar
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Page 47 and 48: Table 5 Soil Particle Size and Char
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Other management practices, such as
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Figure 11 Schematic drawing of the
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1 m, etc., in an orchard block wher
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3. Water Management High rainfall d
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Table 12 Availability Coefficients
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Impact of large drops of water disp
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The single most important soil fact
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land. Drainage systems are also nec
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Detailed information is provided in
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Table 16 Generalized Soil Profile D
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Table 17 Drain Recommendations Base
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is very susceptible to structure de
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vertically into the soil and as it
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Figure 19 Schematic drawing of the
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Case 1: Well Structured Soils If th
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fracture requires the soil to expan
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"tie up" some soil nitrogen, althou
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efer to the following Factsheets: S
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contaminate groundwater. Water cont
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Table 18 N, P and K Content of Vari
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field access is possible, manure ap
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Annual or permanent cover will redu
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agricultural production, its impact
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References Published Sources Agricu
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Stevenson, D.S. and Brownlee, C.H.
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Appendix A-2 Figure 2 Typical summe
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Appendix A-4 fall frost. The angle
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Appendix A-6 Abbreviations Used in
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Appendix B: Soil Series And Locatio
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Greata Soil Management Group Greata
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Postill Soil Management Group Eanea
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Miscellaneous Soils Armstrong (A:er
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT B.C
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