Why strategic cultivation can alleviate soil stratification

By Bob Freebairn
Updated August 14 2017 - 7:09am, first published 5:30am
NSW DPI acid soils Project Officer Helen Burns stresses that lime needs to be thoroughly incorporated into the top 10cm soil layer to help prevent acid soil stratification.
NSW DPI acid soils Project Officer Helen Burns stresses that lime needs to be thoroughly incorporated into the top 10cm soil layer to help prevent acid soil stratification.

LIME top-dressed and only incorporated by a sowing operation under zero or no till, or even minimal tillage, more than commonly results in surface-concentrated lime and an elevated pH in the 0-5 centimetre soil layer. 

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