Soil Chemistry

31 important questions on Soil Chemistry

What is the definition from soil fertility?

The capacity of a specific soil to function within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality and support human health and habitation

How much does a grasland+arable cropping (akkerbouw) costs?

40-60000 per hectare

Is there a relationship between the price and the soil quality/fertility?

No
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Is a good soil priceless (onbetaalbaar)?

Yes

Wherefor is protein essential?

For all living organisms, and is required for growth and development

Which material is one of the main elements in protein?

Nitrogen

Which material is also a component of nucleic acid, DNA, RNA, genes, chromosomes, enzymes, chlorophyll, secondary metabolites, and amino acids?

Nitrogen

Where does inorganic matter come from?

After decomposition from organic matter and mineral fertilizers

In which two ways can Nitrogen been picked up?

By a mineral form (nitrate or ammonium)
Or via Passive uptak by water

Can the losses from Nitrogen be large?

Yes, by leaching, denitrification, ammonia volatilisation

What happens with <1 year with SOM

Breakdown, food for soil organisms and N-availability

What happens >1 year with SOM?

Present, effective organic matter, builds up SOM

Where does the OM and mineral release process depend on?

Properties of soil solution and microbial activities

What are the 7functions of catch crops/green manure? (vanggewas en groenbemesters)

  1. Improving evaporation (verdamping) and infilitration (filtratie)
  2. Soil cover
  3. Nitrogen recovery and availability
  4. Activates soil organisms and soil health
  5. inhibits (some) nematodes (wormen)
  6. Weed control
  7. Adds organic matter     

What are mineral fertilizers for grasslands or maize (nitrogen)

KAS (kalkammonsalpeter)
Ureum (less common, converted into ammonium)

What are organic fertilizers on grasslands or maize (nitrogen)

Dairy manure (slurry)
Farm yard manure (with straw), pig manure

Which fields do mostly get more fertilizers? And why?

High producing fields, so they keep on producing
low producing fields, so they improve

How to cut (bezuinig) on fertilisation?

Reduce n-rate proportionally (inverhouding) to n-mineralisation
Apply equal (gelijk) N-rate to all fields, irrespective (ongeacht) of N-mineralisatie

What are two similarities between Phosphate (P) and Nitrogen (N)

  1. Made available from OM by soil Organisms
  2. Environmental issues

What are 5 differences between Phosphate (p) and Nitrogen (N)

Phosphate cannot have a gas form
mainly present in mineral rocks (P?)
P can exchange with other minerals on clay
More chemistry, less Biologie
non renewable (niet hernieuwbaar)

Where does NV stand for?

Neutralising value

Wherefor do you liming  (kalk bemesting)

To keep up the PH value if the soil is to sour

Whenn do you add lime (kalk) before cultivation?

When re-seeding or adding clover

Why do you add lime (kalk) after ploughing?

To avoid placing it too deep in the soil profile

Why do you add lime (kalk) after grass sprays (such as roundup)?

To avoid de-activating from lime

Why do you add lime (kalk) before drilling (boren)?

To aid breakdown of surface crop residues

When do you add lime to silage fields?

2-3 weeks before spring. N fertiliser application

Before which type of grass starts growning do you add lime?

Lush grass

What do you have to avoid if you have a high magnesium soil?

Magnesium containing lime

In which unit does CEC (cation Exchange capacity) been showed?  (klei-humus)

Mmol+/kg

In which unit does Soil food web been present?

Mg N / kg

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