Photo: Michel Velderman. Gaining insight into soil variability—especially differences in soil type/texture, organic matter (OM), humus content, and pH—is the main driver for performing a soil scan.

49-93). After removing organic matter and carbonates with hydrogen peroxide and HCl, respectively, the soil texture (clay/silt/fine sand/coarse sand%) was categorized in accordance with the ...

This nomenclature has been followed throughout this report. Both soils had similar soil texture (sand 44.6%, silt 39.6%, clay 15.8%) and pH (7.75). Soil C, N and C:N ratio were also very similar at 2, ...