Open AccessSoil Replacement: Long-Term Results
Author(s) -
Gary Watson
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.2002.034
Subject(s) - compost , topsoil , soil water , environmental science , trench , agronomy , soil science , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry , layer (electronics)
Soil replacement treatments in a radial trench pattern around white oak (Quercus alba) trees, filled with compost or a compost-topsoil mix, were sampled 14 years after treatment. Root development in the replacement soils was greater than in the unmodified control soils. Root development was not increased in soils adjacent to the trenches over time as was originally anticipated.