Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 5 Instructor’s Lecture Outline Lecture Outline: Soil Chemistry and Fertility for the ins ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 6 | Unit 2.2 Instructor’s Lecture Outline Problems associated with acidity Acid soils ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 7 Instructor’s Lecture Outline Other macronutrients: Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfur ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 8 | Unit 2.2 ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 9 Students’ Lecture Outline Detailed Lecture Outline: Soil Chemistry for students a. Pre ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 10 | Unit 2.2 Students’ Lecture Outline elements needed by plants a) From water and air Carbon (C ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 11 Students’ Lecture Outline c. soil colloids Definition Colloid: A particle, which ma ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 12 | Unit 2.2 Students’ Lecture Outline Base saturation a) Definitions In simple terms, base satu ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 13 Students’ Lecture Outline tabLe 1. SOIL ReACtIOn AnD ph reactiOn pH reactiOn pH Ultra ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 14 | Unit 2.2 i. alkalinity, alkali, salinity, and sodic soils Definitions Alkalinity, soil: the ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 15 Salinity (electrical Conductivity—eC) (see Salt Crust example and Conductivity Demon ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 16 | Unit 2.2 Students’ Lecture Outline In terms of soil fertility we are greatly interested in the ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 17 Students’ Lecture Outline K. Plant nutrient requirements Introduction a) nutrient B ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 18 | Unit 2.2 Students’ Lecture Outline e) mobility of nutrients within the plant Some nutrients ar ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 19 Students’ Lecture Outline nitrogen (n) a) physiological role in plant development p ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 20 | Unit 2.2 Students’ Lecture Outline Inoculating legume seed does not mean that it will not be n ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 21 Students’ Lecture Outline h) Losses of nitrogen through leaching and volatilization n ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 22 | Unit 2.2 Students’ Lecture Outline phosphorus deficiency symptoms include: • Slow growth, ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility Unit 2.2 | 23 Students’ Lecture Outline figUre 4. the phOSphORUS CyCLe (ADApteD FROm WWW.extenSIOn. ...

Soil Chemistry and Fertility 24 | Unit 2.2 potassium (K) a) physiological role in plant development potassium is essential for ...