soil phosphate much higher than required for optimum crop production increase the hazard of phosphate loss by wind and water erosion and even leaching Loss of plant available phosphate in soils occurs by phosphate fixation which is especially strong in acid mineral soils Such losses can be dramatically reduced by liming soils to a pH of 6 7
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Get PriceKnow your soil pdf Free download as PDF File pdf Text File txt or read online for free Do not add lime or gypsum to compost piles should be broadcast on the surface and irrigated in If your soil can be describe as a clay and your soil test has high magnesium numbers apply gypsum at 4 5 metric tons/ha 4 5kg/10m 2 twice the
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