FAQ

For sodic soil crops like Guava/Amla and Sapota can be recommended.

Yes – By conjuncture use of water and by frequent slight irrigations will prevent salt build up.

Saline soil needs more drainage and leaching of salts. Acid soil needs liming. Alkali (sodic) soil needs gypsum application.

Water should have EC less than 1.5 dSm-1 and chloride less than 3 m.eq/l (100 ppm).

Horticultural crops suited for saline/acid/alkali soil.

Saline Soil        Tomato            -           Banana

                       Onion               -           Mango

                       Brinjal              -           Papaya

                       Ber.

Acid Soil          Cabbage           -           Pineapple

                      Cauliflower        -           Papaya

                      Cole Crops         -           Citrus

                      (Radish, Carrot)

                      Capsicum

Alkali (Sodic)   Sapota              -           Chilli

                      Pomegranate     -           Marigold

                      Guava               -           Beet root.

                      Amla                 -           Spinach

If fertilizers are incorporated into the soil, losses can be prevented and availability of nutrients can be increased.

Broadcasting is the general method of application of fertilizers. Band application also can be followed especially for the fertilizers like phosphorous.

The fertilizers are generally applied when sufficient moisture is present in the soil. Pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period is the best (May-June and September-October).

Run the bore-well for 10 to 15 minutes and collect the water into a well cleaned bottle and bring to the laboratory.

The samples should be kept in a ice box and to be brought to the laboratory.

The samples are dried at 75oC in an Oven in the laboratory.

Recently matured leaves from all directions of the tree (N, S, E, W) should be collected.

Yes – It is better to get analyzed both soil and leaf samples for nutrients for better interpretation and to provide recommendations.

Depending upon the purpose, it can be done 2 to 6 times in a year for perennial trees.

Generally the leaf part is collected. In some cases, like grape and papaya, the petiole sample is collected.