Soil Management Handbook - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

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Table Of Contents Preface...............................................................................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgements...........................................................................................................................................................iv Table of Contents...............................................................................................................................................................v List of Soil Series........................................................................................................................................................... viii List of Soil Management Groups and Soils Which Comprise Each Group....................................................................ix List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................................................x List of Tables ....................................................................................................................................................................xi Introduction and Use of Handbook ...................................................................................................................................1 Management Inputs, Crops and Soil Management Groups..............................................................................................5 Management Inputs and Definitions ............................................................................................................................7 Crops or Crop Groups...................................................................................................................................................9 Soil Management Groups...........................................................................................................................................12 Chopaka Soil Management Group.............................................................................................................................13 Gammil Soil Management Group ..............................................................................................................................14 Glenmore Soil Management Group ...........................................................................................................................15 Greata Soil Management Group.................................................................................................................................16 Guisachan Soil Management Group ..........................................................................................................................17 Kelowna Soil Management Group.............................................................................................................................18 Keremeos Soil Management Group...........................................................................................................................19 Munson Soil Management Group ..............................................................................................................................20 Osoyoos Soil Management Group .............................................................................................................................21 Postil Soil Management Group ..................................................................................................................................22 Roy Creek Soil Management Group..........................................................................................................................23 - v - Page
Table of Contents Con't. Page Rumohr Soil Management Group ...............................................................................................................................24 Similkameen Soil Management Group.......................................................................................................................25 Skaha Soil Management Group...................................................................................................................................26 Stemwinder Soil Management Group .........................................................................................................................27 Summerland Soil Management Group........................................................................................................................28 Susap Soil Management Group...................................................................................................................................29 Miscellaneous Soils .....................................................................................................................................................30 Miscellaneous Land Types..........................................................................................................................................31 Soil Management Guide ..................................................................................................................................................32 1. The Physical Nature of Soils..................................................................................................................................33 1.1 Soil Composition and Soil Properties...........................................................................................................33 1.2 Soil Texture ...................................................................................................................................................33 1.3 Soil Structure.................................................................................................................................................34 1.4 Porosity ..........................................................................................................................................................35 2. Maintaining Soil Structure and Fertility ................................................................................................................37 2.1 The Formation of Soil Structure ....................................................................................................................37 2.2 Soil Structure, Degradation and Plant Growth..............................................................................................38 2.3 Soil Fertility ...................................................................................................................................................43 2.4 Soil Testing.....................................................................................................................................................44 2.5 Plant Tissue Sampling ...................................................................................................................................46 3. Water Management.................................................................................................................................................48 3.1 Irrigation .........................................................................................................................................................48 3.2 Water Conservation........................................................................................................................................53 3.3 Soil Management for Erosion Control...........................................................................................................54 3.4 Drainage..........................................................................................................................................................55 3.5 Drainage in Lowland Soils.............................................................................................................................56 -vi-
Page 2 and 3: Soil Management Handbook For The Ok
Page 4 and 5: Preface The Soil Management Handboo
Page 8 and 9: Table of Contents Con't. Page 3.6 D
Page 10 and 11: List Of Soil Management Groups And
Page 12: List Of Tables Table1: Farm Conserv
Page 15 and 16: To obtain information about the soi
Page 17 and 18: List of Definitions for Table 1 Con
Page 19 and 20: Well Suited Crops • All necessary
Page 21 and 22: Soil Depth refers to the depth to e
Page 23 and 24: Grapes: grape suitability is strong
Page 25 and 26: Soil Management Groups This section
Page 27 and 28: Gammil Soil Management Group Soil S
Page 29 and 30: Greata Soil Management Group Soil S
Page 31 and 32: Kelowna Soil Management Group Soil
Page 33 and 34: Munson Soil Management Group Soil S
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
Page 41 and 42: Summerland Soil Management Group So
Page 43 and 44: Miscellaneous Soils Soil Series: Ar
Page 45 and 46: Soil Management Guide This section
Page 47 and 48: Table 5 Soil Particle Size and Char
Page 49 and 50: Table 6 Physical Characteristics of
Page 51 and 52: plant roots and organic matter. The
Page 53 and 54: The bulk density of high organic mi
Page 55 and 56: 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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