Agronomy
Does anyone have any experience using fulvic or humic acid to alleviate the affects of salinity? Or any other product? I will be growing baby lima beans drip irrigated. Sandy ground. Irrigation well water has ec. value of 1.6. Sodium and Chloride are the culprits. I'm hoping to inject something periodically through drip tape to alleviate the effects of salts.
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You need to flush the salt out of the soil and then with salty irrigation water you will need to continue to flush it out over the coming years. Tile drainage and plenty of water to flush the salt down to the drains is the answer. If you continue to have problems with sodium clinging to the cation exchange you may need to apply gypsum and then again plenty of water to flush the sodium out to the d...
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There are ways to to do it now without tile. Especially if the salt is part of the soil matter structure. Now we are able to break it down with good gypsum and inject it with water to further the process
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Any soil tests, water tests, location, crop information will be helpful.
you have to fix it in the soil and in the water. If you just treat the water you are only masking the problem.
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Ok, do you have any ideas on how to fix it in the soil and the water?
if you’re concerned about the chlorine you can add BioPrep dechlorinator 4oz/100gal H20.
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I have chlorides in the water. I'm not sure, but I don't think it is the same as chlorine??
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