ADAS TOPSOIL ANALYSIS -  MAY 2004

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ANALYSIS REPORT ON SOIL FROM LAKE AT TWISSELLS MILL

 

Laboratory No:  24104886

 

Batch Number:  02185541                                                       Date Received:     7 May 2004

 

Sample ID:        B                                                                 Date Sampled       6 May 2004

 

Characteristics Determination Result (Index) Units Classification

STONE CONTENT

 

>2mm

>20mm

>50mm

 

 

1.2

0

0

 

 

% (m/m)

% (m/m)

% (m/m)

 

 

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PARTICLE SIZE 

DISTRIBUTION

Coarse sand: 2000-600 um

Medium sand:  600-212 um

Fine sand:        212-63   um

Coarse Silt:         63-20  um

Silt                        20-2     um

Clay:                       < 2     um

< 1    

1

12

27

28

32

%

%

%

%

%

%

TEXTURE

silty clay loam

Economy: high clay

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

(air dried

sleeved (<2mm) soil)

 

pH

Phosphorus (extractable)

Potassium (extractable)

Magnesium (extractable)

Nitrogen (total N)

Organic Matter

Calcium Carbonate

Electrical Conductivity

Exchangeable Sodium Percentage

 

 

4.5     

46 (4)

56 (0)

31 (1)

0.39       

3.69       

< 0.5     

2070

2.69

 

 

 

 

mg/l

mg/l

mg/l

% (m/m)

% (m/m)

% (m/m)

us/cm @ 20c

%

 

 

 

Unclassified

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VISUAL ASSESSMENT

 

Aggregates crumble with effort, stones mainly small and irregular, some fine root material present as well as some bark pieces, no foreign material.

 

 

 

 

Signed:

 

Keith Way

SENIOR CONSULTANT                                                            Reported on:  31 May 2004 at 07:46

 

ADAS Horticulture Ltd

 

 

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