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Saline-alkali

Saline-alkali is a family name. Split salt from alkali before you treat.

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  1. Saline-alkali。
  2. Saline-alkali is a family name. Split salt from alkali before you treat.。
  3. Salt is salty;。
  4. alkali is soapy. Both stop emergence and scorch margins. White frost is salt;。
  5. a soapy feel is alkali.。
  6. Salt is salty;。
  7. alkali is soapy. Both stop emergence and scorch margins. White frost is salt;。
  8. a soapy feel is alkali.。

How it appears on the sheet

Salt is salty; alkali is soapy. Both stop emergence and scorch margins. White frost is salt; a soapy feel is alkali.

A sketch. Do not fertilise from the picture alone.

Common units

A reading: salt is EC; alkali is pH and sodium.

How to read the number

Salt is salty; alkali is soapy. Both stop emergence and scorch margins. White frost is salt; a soapy feel is alkali. Dry irrigated country, the coast, and greenhouse bowls show it. Salt is EC; alkali is pH and sodium Easy to mix up: K also scorches margins without a white surface. Drought is dry; salt often has frost and still wilts when wet Saline-alkali is a family name. Split salt from alkali before you treat.。

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

Salt is salty; alkali is soapy. Both stop emergence and scorch margins. White frost is salt; a soapy feel is alkali.

Don’t do this

  • Flooding without a ditch.
  • Mixing salt and alkali into one bag.
  • K also scorches margins without a white surface. Drought is dry; salt often has frost and still wilts when wet.

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