This tool quickly shows interaction between humus, soil biota and structure. It needs no laboratory equipment, but delivers scientifically valuable data.
Humus loss and the associated decline in biological activity increase compaction and erosion and reduce the infiltration and storage capacity for water. This significantly aggravates the consequences of climate change – extreme rainfall, flood risk and drought.
Solution
Soil experts worldwide consider the analysis of soil structure conditions to be very meaningful. Water balance, humus content, organism activity and diversity interact with soil structure in complex ways. The Qualitative Soil Analysis provides a sound basis for all further measures, both for the farmer’s practical measures on the soil condition and for management plans for soil regeneration.
Description
The Qualitative Soil Analysis described here provides the practitioner with comprehensive, meaningful information on the condition of soil structure and soil functions. It provides target values and stress values and thus considerably simplifies both the analysis and the evaluation. It makes it easier to decide which techniques can be chosen to maintain or improve soil functions. The success of the measures can always be checked directly and independently by quickly examining the current soil condition.
The Qualitative Structural Score according to BESTE is soil-specific and horizon-specific. This means that there is a special score sheet for sandy, clay and loam soils. Each soil horizon is evaluated separately. Scores from 1 – 5 stand for the qualitative result. The assessment of the structural condition is based on the deviation of the observed actual condition from the described target condition. This allows for a quick assessment classification. Characteristic specifications facilitate the decision even with little previous soil science knowledge.
This tool is of equal interest for organic and conventional farms. The instructions for practitioners. 35 p. with coloured illustrations, incl. storage medium with example pictures costs 24,80 € plus postage.
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