VIT9
| Location: Rutherglen |
VIT9 Landscape
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
 | 0-15 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); fine sandy clay loam; weak coarse blocky structure; firm consistence (moist); pH 6.2; clear change to: |  VIT9 Profile |
| 15-40 cm | Yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fine sandy clay loam; weak coarse blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); pH 6.1; clear change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| 40-50 cm | Yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fine sandy clay loam; weak coarse blocky, strong consistence (dry); pH 6.5; gradual change to: | |
| 50-60 cm | Yellowish red (5YR 4/6 5YR 5/8); light clay; weak coarse blocky; strong consistence (dry); pH 6.7; gradual change to: | |
| 60-80 cm | Yellowish red (5YR 5/8); light clay; weak coarse blocky, parting to medium blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); few ferromanganiferous segregations; earthy fabric with macropores; some patches have moderate rather than weak structure; pH 6.6; clear change to: | |
| 80-100 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) with yellowish red (2.5YR 4/6) mottles; light clay; moderate coarse blocky, parting to medium blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); common ferromanganiferous nodules (2-6 mm); red colours tend to be associated with nodules; pH 6.7; clear change to: | |
| 100-120 cm | Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottled with ferromanganiferous stains; medium clay; moderate medium blocky, parting to moderate to strong fine blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); few ferromanganiferous plus few soft to semi-hard sulphurous stains (2-6 mm); red colours tend to be associated with nodules; pH 6.8. | |
Soil Profile Characteristics:
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC 1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
| 0-15 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 0.08 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.12 |
| 15-40 | 6.1 | 5.4 | <0.05 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.43 | <0.05 |
| 40-50 | 6.5 | 5.8 | <0.05 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.37 | 0.05 |
| 50-60 | 6.7 | 5.8 | <0.05 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0.43 | 0.09 |
| 60-80 | 6.6 | 5.7 | <0.05 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 0.44 | 0.19 |
| 80-100 | 6.7 | 5.6 | <0.05 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.41 | 0.38 |
| 100-120 | 6.8 | 5.7 | <0.05 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 0.53 | 1.2 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | Exchangeable Aluminium mg/kg | Exchangeable Acidity meq/100g | Field Capacity pF 2.5 | Wilting Point pF 4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
| 0-15 | <10 | | 18.9 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 53.4 | 17.5 | 23.5 |
| 15-40 | <10 | | 18.5 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 56.4 | 15.0 | 24.0 |
| 40-50 | | | 17.2 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 53.4 | 15.0 | 24.0 |
| 50-60 | | | 19.4 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 43.7 | 16.0 | 30.0 |
| 60-80 | | | 20.8 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 39.5 | 14.5 | 34.5 |
| 80-100 | | | 22.9 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 37.3 | 11.5 | 37.0 |
| 100-120 | | | | | | | | |
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