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Testing the soil after harvest
Easy and simple tests before using agricultural rollers
07/05/2020
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We cannot influence the amount of rainfall, but we can influence how the plants you planted use the water. Active water consumption is key in terms of yield in dry and wet years.
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Soil tests usually show the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the soil, secondary nutrients such as calcium, sulfur, magnesium, and a range of minor nutrients.
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Before you decide to evaluate soil in an expert lab, there are easy ways to assess it in a hurry.
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23.05. 2019
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It is important, before testing the soil, to carry out agricultural work to destroy clods, rolling the soil, leveling the surface, and compacting the subsurface soil layer.
Using agricultural rollers (ring, spur, chopping, shredders) , they achieve a rise in moisture to the horizon and destruction of the soil crust. If this is not done, then the assessment of specialists will not be complete and reliable.
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"COMPRESSION TEST"
This is a simple soil classification test. which are usually classified as clayey, sandy, or loamy, you can quickly assess which category your soil falls into with a simple test.
Take a handful of wet soil, not wet soil. Squeeze firmly, and then open your palm.
If the lump retains its shape but crumbles with a gentle motion, you probably have loamy soil that is ideal for retaining moisture and nutrients.
If the lump continues to hold its shape even after you pierce it, your soil is likely nutrient-rich but slowly depleted by the glia. You can help the soil by breaking it up with mulch and drainage products.
If the lump falls apart as soon as you open your hand, the soil is sandy, poorly retaining nutrients and moisture. You may need to do a nutrient fortification.
For leveling and compaction of the surface layer of the soil, crushing and destruction of soil blocks, a field spur roller KP-6-520SH with a working width of 6 meters is used.
"Puddle test"
Another important aspect of soil is drainage, which allows water to pass quickly without accumulation. If your soil has poor drainage, plant roots may rot.
To check the drainage of the soil, dig a small hole. Fill it with water, let it fully absorb, and then refill it with water. Watch how long it takes to absorb the second part of the moisture. If it takes more than a few hours, you probably have a soil drainage problem, if it takes more than four hours to drain the water, you have poor drainage.
It is convenient to use for loosening the soil, packing it, combing out weeds, breaking clods, leveling and compacting field roller KP-9-460 / 500 with a coverage of 9 meters.
"WORM TEST"
Healthy soil is biologically active. An abundance of worms is a sure sign of a healthy environment with all the germs and bacteria that plants need to thrive.
If you find at least 10 worms, consider yourself lucky and the soil healthy. Less - there is not enough organic matter in the soil, or it may be too acidic or alkaline. You will need an official soil test to pinpoint the problem and figure out how to fix it.
To improve the organic properties of the soil, it is customary to use a roller-shredder of plant residues, which crushes post-harvest plant residues and evenly stretches them throughout the field.
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Chopping roller (chopper of crop residues)
KP-6-560P:
delays moisture evaporation
regulates the temperature of the surface layer
inhibits the growth of weeds
protects against weathering
enriches the soil with organic matter
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"WIRE TEST"
Too dense soil will inhibit root growth, block water access, and impede the free movement of worms and other vital insects.
To check soil compaction, screw a piece of wire vertically into the soil.
Mark the depth at which the wire bends so that it can no longer be pushed straight out. The earlier it bends, the more the soil is compacted.
By leveling and cultivating the soil with spur and ring field rollers LLC "Apostolovagromash", you get a level field with soil that resists the crust, with smaller soil particles at the planting depth for optimal seed-to-soil contact.
"VINEGAR AND BAKING SODA TEST"
The acidity or alkalinity of the soil, or pH, is important. Some plants grow better in simpler or more acidic soil, but soil that is too extreme on both sides will prevent the plants from getting nutrients.
One easy way to determine the pH of a soil is to test it with vinegar and baking soda. Collect soil from different parts of the field and divide it into two separate containers. Add half a cup of vinegar to one container filled with soil. If it sizzles, you probably have higher pH alkaline soil that may require fertilization with a high sulfur and acidifying nitrogen content.
If the soil does not sizzle after the vinegar test, add distilled water to another container. Then add half a cup of baking soda. Hisses - you probably have acidic soil
The use of rollers for tillage agricultural
(toothed-ringed, spur,
ringed, chopping) helps:
save moisture in the soil by 30-40 cm.
save moisture 2-3 rains by preventing weathering
to preserve the moisture of "winter precipitation" during the spring rolling of the soil
increase the capillarity of the soil (improve its structure)
"Close" the plowed area for even distribution of moisture
save money, time and payroll
to increase the uniformity of the emergence of winter and spring crops
prepare the surface of the soil for the application of the herbicide film
Using a residue chopper (chopping roller) allows you to turn plant residues into organic substances that contribute to soil fertilization. These chopped (crushed) residues serve as organic fertilizer for the soil, so the quality of the agricultural chopping roller plays an important role in the productivity of the soil.
To effectively control weeds and various pests on farmlands, it is necessary to study the issue of organic matter in the soil and buy a roller and chopper of crop residues.
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Thus, the use of universal agricultural rollers (which are aggregated with MTZ tractors) allows increasing soil productivity in a natural way . And simple methods of soil testing help to understand what equipment, fertilizers and processing should be used on certain fields of farmers, agrarians and landowners.
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