Property: Mitiamo | Group: Pine Grove Farm Advance |
Australian Soil Classification: Vertic (& Calcic), Mesonatric, Red SODOSOL | Northcote Factual Key: Dr 2.13 |
Great Soil Group: red-brown earth | General Landscape Description: General Landscape Description: Old alluvial plain. |
Geology: Quaternary (Shepparton Formation) alluvial and aeolian deposits. |
LP57 Landscape |
A1 | 0-10 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR4/6); fine sandy clay loam; hardsetting surface with 1-2 mm wide cracks extending into the B horizon; weak coarse blocky structure; firm consistence moist; pH 6.4; clear change to: | LP57 Profile |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 10-30 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/4); light medium clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; very strong consistence dry; pH 7.6; gradual change to: | |
B22 | 30-60 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6); light medium clay; strong coarse blocky structure; very strong consistence dry; contains a few (5%) fine-earth carbonates and a very few (1%) hard calcareous nodules, as well as a few (2-5%) fine gypsum crystals in the 50-60 cm zone; pH 8.5; gradual change to: | |
B23 | 60-80 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6) and yellowish red (5YR4/6); heavy clay; strong coarse polyhedral structure; strong consistence dry; contains very few (2%) hard calcareous nodules; pH 8.0; gradual change to: | |
B24 | 80 cm+ | Light yellowish brown (2.5Y6/4) and yellowish red (5YR5/8); light medium clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; strong consistence dry; pH 8.6. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | slightly acid | low | marginally sodic | none1 |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | slightly alkaline | low | strongly sodic | strong |
Deeper subsoil (at 1 m) | strongly alkaline | medium - high | strongly sodic | strong |
1 Complete dispersion with remoulding. |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | EC 1:5 | NaCl | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 6.4 | 0.18 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
B21 | 10-30 | 7.6 | 0.19 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 3.2 | |
B22 | 30-60 | 8.5 | 0.99 | 0.16 | 5.7 | 11 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
B23 | 60-80 | 8 | 3.68 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 10 | 0.8 | 8 |
B24 | 80+ | 8.6 | 1.12 | 0.17 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 6.7 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | Ex Al mg/kg | Ex Ac meq/100g | Field pF2.5 | Wilting Point pF4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02mm) | Clay (<0.002mm) |
A1 | 0-10 | 24.2 | 8.7 | 1 | 46 | 27 | 26 | ||
B21 | 10-30 | 32.4 | 18.5 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 56 | ||
B22 | 30-60 | ||||||||
B23 | 60-80 | ||||||||
B24 | 80+ |