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The Fixation of Potash by a Kaolinitic and a Montmorillonitic Soil
Author(s) -
Hoover C. Dale
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1945.036159950009000c0010x
Subject(s) - potash , agricultural experiment station , citation , library science , soil water , history , archaeology , agriculture , geology , computer science , soil science , agronomy , fertilizer , biology
MANY soils in the State of Mississippi are markedly 'deficient in potash, while practically all of them, except some of the black land prairie and most of the central and western part of the YazooMississippi Delta, will produce profitable increases in crop yields from the application of potash. When potash is applied to a soil, the chemical reactions which take place therein depend upon -the equilibrium status of the several forms of potash in that soil. According to Wood and DeTurk (io) the following equilibrium represents the potash situation in any given soil: Primary mineral K -» fixed K (acid insoluble ?=* acid-soluble) ̂ replaceable K ̂