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  • Humus, why is Humus so essential in our soils… unlike other biological inputs?

Humus, why is Humus so essential in our soils… unlike other biological inputs?

Daniel Fitzhenry 10 January 2016

Humus, why is Humus so essential in our soils… unlike other biological inputs?

 

Humus improves /conditions 3 areas of soil e.g. Physical, Mechanical, & the Chemical.

 

Physical conditions improved incl.

  • Creates desirable soil crumb structure,  texture and looseness / friability: essential for hard clay Soils
  • Creates adequate drainage
  • develops suitable aeration
  • sponge-like: increases water holding capacity
  • increases heat absorption due to black colour of Humus
  • increased Buffering properties E.g. reduces rapid soil ph extremes (acid/alkaline) conditions i.e. in accepting or donating free hydrogen ions
  • increased openness for easy surface absorption of water thus reducing surface water runoff & soil erosion & soil water accumulation

 

Mechanical conditions improved incl.

  • a more favourable for plant root system development, especially important for root crops
  • highly desirable environment for beneficial microbes because Humus is both a food source and home for beneficial microbes

 

Chemical soil activity incl.

  • active disintegration of soil rock thus releasing additional supplies of vital plant nutrients
  • increases soil chemical reactions that convert a number of important plant elements incl. chemical compounds available for plant root uptake e.g. the conversion of Phosphorus into a form acceptable for plant use; also the chelating of soil iron compounds to a form suitable for plant use in leaf chlorophyll development-yellowing of leaves, (chlorosis) i.e. iron starvation

 

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