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<blockquote data-quote="Nkline" data-source="post: 1688682" data-attributes="member: 41001"><p>So the color rating somewhat is based off of the area of interest and a ranking of the soils, the best soil series in the area of interest gets the best color. You can also web search each soil series and find a helpful description, for instance if it has a rock layer 100cm deep. You can look up pH on the chemical properties tab in web soil survey and should get an idea of wether or not the soil will need lime. You can look up soil organic matter and help figure out how much phosphorus and nitrogen will be mineralized, and to some degree if you will need much boron or sulfur. You can look up the action exchange capacity and have some insight into fertilizer leaching, you can figure out water holding capacity which has irrigation implications. Those are just a few things off the top of my head, the reason behind soil classification is often important. Salinity is important to know, some types of grass will die in saline soils, and there are variety's of alfafa bred to succeed in salinity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nkline, post: 1688682, member: 41001"] So the color rating somewhat is based off of the area of interest and a ranking of the soils, the best soil series in the area of interest gets the best color. You can also web search each soil series and find a helpful description, for instance if it has a rock layer 100cm deep. You can look up pH on the chemical properties tab in web soil survey and should get an idea of wether or not the soil will need lime. You can look up soil organic matter and help figure out how much phosphorus and nitrogen will be mineralized, and to some degree if you will need much boron or sulfur. You can look up the action exchange capacity and have some insight into fertilizer leaching, you can figure out water holding capacity which has irrigation implications. Those are just a few things off the top of my head, the reason behind soil classification is often important. Salinity is important to know, some types of grass will die in saline soils, and there are variety’s of alfafa bred to succeed in salinity. [/QUOTE]
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