Action of synthetic soil-conditioners in water-logged soils

✍ Scribed by S. K. Warrior; A. G. Pollard

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1959
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 273 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2740101011

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Preliminary observations showed that additions of two soil‐conditioners to normal soils caused marked aggregation, differing not only in extent but also in their proportional effects in the size distribution of the aggregates formed. Water‐logging the treated soil did not greatly alter the degree of aggregation but caused some redistribution of particle sizes.

Incorporation of peat with the soil tended to diminish aggregation slightly under normal and under water‐logged conditions.

The pore space and water uptake (Keen & Raczkowski's method) were increased by application of a conditioner to soil, with or without additions of peat, the effect diminishing somewhat after water‐logging.

Rates of penetration of water through soil columns were increased markedly by use of conditioners.