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