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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1247137" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>In my area, slow rising and slow dropping flood water (other than flash flood with fast running water) usually helps build soil. Nutrient rich, silt bearing water spreads out over the land, sits for 8-? hrs. As it sits still, the heavier silt naturally settles out, and as the water begins to recede, another fine layer of silt is left behind (you can almost always see it on the grass). This is the same process that has made the Mississippi River delta and the upper flood plain so good for farming. On a smaller scale, it's also how my soil was formed--the little San Jac River spreads out every so often and over many years, built the surrounding area's soil because the floodwater carried so much rotting vegetative matter. </p><p></p><p>But, if your floodwater comes from an area with a lot of stuff that can change your pH (like disolved limestone) it can drop that on your land too. Most of the East Texas pine region needs limeing, but the folks at Texas A&M say the exception to that is in flood plains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1247137, member: 18945"] In my area, slow rising and slow dropping flood water (other than flash flood with fast running water) usually helps build soil. Nutrient rich, silt bearing water spreads out over the land, sits for 8-? hrs. As it sits still, the heavier silt naturally settles out, and as the water begins to recede, another fine layer of silt is left behind (you can almost always see it on the grass). This is the same process that has made the Mississippi River delta and the upper flood plain so good for farming. On a smaller scale, it's also how my soil was formed--the little San Jac River spreads out every so often and over many years, built the surrounding area's soil because the floodwater carried so much rotting vegetative matter. But, if your floodwater comes from an area with a lot of stuff that can change your pH (like disolved limestone) it can drop that on your land too. Most of the East Texas pine region needs limeing, but the folks at Texas A&M say the exception to that is in flood plains. [/QUOTE]
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