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Gleying

Gleying is the complexion of soil that lives underwater. Drain first, then add fertiliser.

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  1. Gleying。
  2. Gleying is the complexion of soil that lives underwater. Drain first, then add fertiliser.。
  3. Long waterlogging: blue-grey soil, rust mottles, cold to the touch. In rice, the cold-soaked fields.。
  4. Long waterlogging: blue-grey soil, rust mottles, cold to the touch. In rice, the cold-soaked fields.。

How it appears on the sheet

Long waterlogging: blue-grey soil, rust mottles, cold to the touch. In rice, the cold-soaked fields.

A sketch. Do not fertilise from the picture alone.

Common units

A reading: standing water and blue-grey soil.

How to read the number

Long waterlogging: blue-grey soil, rust mottles, cold to the touch. In rice, the cold-soaked fields. Hollows, riverside wetlands, poor drainage. Ferrous iron and manganese rise; roots dislike going down Easy to mix up: A flood is one rain; gleying is a room that stays wet. Rusty-water paddies are cousins Gleying is the complexion of soil that lives underwater. Drain first, then add fertiliser.。

Thresholds only, not a prescription. Rates live in the field guide. This page does not hand you a bag count.

What it looks like in the field

Long waterlogging: blue-grey soil, rust mottles, cold to the touch. In rice, the cold-soaked fields.

Don’t do this

  • Feeding a cold-soaked field before you drain.
  • One rain confused with a wet room.
  • A flood is one rain; gleying is a room that stays wet. Rusty-water paddies are cousins.

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