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Two or three days after a soaking rain is often a good time to aerate. In optimal conditions, the soil probe should sink into the ground relatively easily, and the soil cores should freely ...
Do you know the nutrient level of the soil in your garden? Do you know how much fertilizer to add next season? Soil testing will answer both questions.
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Core lawn aerator attachment on a conventional front-tine garden tiller. A lawn aerator is a garden tool designed to create holes in the soil in order to help lawn grasses grow. [1] In compacted lawns, aeration improves soil drainage and encourages worms, microfauna and microflora which require oxygen. [2]
This usually occurs two to three days after rain or irrigation in pervious soils of uniform structure and texture. The nominal definition of field capacity (expressed symbolically as θ fc ) is the bulk water content retained in soil at −33 kPa (or −0.33 bar) of hydraulic head or suction pressure .
Soil aeration maintains oxygen levels in the plants' root zone, needed for microbial and root respiration, and important to plant growth. Additionally, oxygen levels regulate soil temperatures and play a role in some chemical processes that support the oxidation of elements like Mn 2+ and Fe 2+ that can be toxic.
Base-cation saturation ratio (BCSR) is a method of interpreting soil test results that is widely used in sustainable agriculture, supported by the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) [1] and claimed to be successfully in use on over a million acres (4,000 km 2) of farmland worldwide.
Soil aeration is the mechanism of improving the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and soil. Through soil microbial activity and plant root respiration, certain gases such as oxygen will be depleted in the soil, while others, such as carbon dioxide, will build up in the soil. [1] Lack of oxygen in the soil can impact plant growth.