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Managing Your Tropical Fruit Grove Under Changing Water Table Levels
... any other soil to the planting hole. Muck, marl, peat, etc. have a high water holding capacity, and may provide an excessively wet environment leading to root disease. Tables Table 1. Flood ...
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Water Movement in Mulched Beds in Rocky Soils of Miami-Dade County
... soils (Degner et al., 2001). These soils are characterized by very low nutrient and water holding capacity, an alkaline pH in the 7.4-8.4 range, and levels of calcium carbonate ... apply in a way that satisfies crop water needs, maintains soil water tension between field capacity and 15 kPa in the root zone, and prevents nutrient leaching (Simonne et al., 2004 ...
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Soil Texture: From Sand To Clay
... some disadvantages. It has a lower moisture-holding capacity than a clay soil and therefore must be watered more frequently. It has a lower nutrient-holding capacity than a clay soil and must be ... and water erosion. A clay, fine-textured soil has the advantages of high moisture-holding and nutrient-holding capacity. If the soil in your vegetable garden has a large proportion of clay you ...
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Early Bird May Get the Veggies
... of energy to raise the temperature of water. Therefore, clay soils, with their high water-holding capacity, require a lot of heat to warm them. Clay soils thus do not warm early ...
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... soil contact was made, would have played key roles with the cation exchange capacity, water - holding capacity, bulk density, essential element and nutrient budgets and erosion potential (Page-Dumroese, ... management decisions (Maser and Trappe, 1984). 51. Logging removes wood and its moisture-holding capacity thus eliminating its internal processes and therefore the succession of plants and animals ...
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... resource management decisions (Maser and Trappe, 1984). 154. Logging removes the wood and the moisture-holding capacity of the wood, which in turn affects succession of plants and animals (Maser and Trappe ... vascular plants closely associated with CWD in BC (Voller and Harrison, 1998). 177. Conclusion: The capacity and ability, of CWD, to enhance the health of threatened and endangered species too ...
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California Backyard Orchard - Irrigation
... Soil type Soil type will help you estimate water holding capacity (inches of water available to plants). Soil texture influences the water holding capacity of soils. The proportion and absolute amount of water ... since the water use rate is determined by weather and trees size. Soil water holding capacity is unimportant due to daily irrigations. Based on tree response from irrigation studies, it ...
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Irrigation
... spring, trees normally wont need irrigation. Water Storage and Availability Soil texture influences the water holding capacity of soils. The proportion and absolute amount of water available to the plant in coarse ... most water. Available water (AW) is that amount of water available to plants between field capacity (FC) and the permanent wilting point or percentage (PWP). Each foot of soil holds so ...
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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Volume 1, Chapter 1
... that is warmed in summer, as in coastal California, the summers are dry; the moisture-holding capacity of the air increases when it passes onto the land. Such climates, known as Mediterranean ...
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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Volume 1, Chapter 2
... water and mineral nutrients. Reciprocally, plants protect the soil from erosion, they increase its moisture-holding capacity via the incorporation of organic matter, and they recycle solid elements important to sustain biomass ...
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