Site LS15a
Location: Netherby
Australian Soil Classification: Hypercalcic, Hypernatric, Red SODOSOL
Northcote Factual Key: Dr 2.13
Great Soil Group: solonetz
General Landscape Description: Gently Undulating Rises.
Site Description: Mid slope of a long north-east facing slope.
LS15a Landscape
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A11 | 0-10 cm | Sandy loam; weakly structured: |  LS15a Profile |
| A12 | 10-20 cm | Light sandy clay loam; weakly structured; strong consistence dry; very tough plough pan: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B21 | 20-50 cm | Heavy clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, parting to coarse blocky structure: | |
| B22 | 50-80 cm | Heavy clay; contains many (30 %) soft calcium carbonate segregations. | |
- Sodic and strongly dispersive subsoil is likely to restrict root and water movement down the profile.
Comments from Landholder:
- Mallee cleared 1890.
- Continuously cropped with grains (barley, oats, wheat) and legumes (peas, faba beans).
- Crops ripen earlier than in other areas.
- Direct drilling used as cultivation method.
- Super phosphate, gypsum (with ripping) and nitrogen applied.
Profile Described By: Mark Imhof, John Martin, David Rees, Austin Brown, Geof Morrow, Sonia Thompson (May 1994).
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