25 February 2014 15 9K Report

I was wondering if it might be better for the determination of soluble salts from a soil to prepare a saturated soil paste and dilute it by 5 rather than prepare a 1:5 dilute water extract. A dilution of the soil paste would enable a smaller soil sample and yet the result of the existing ions would be in theory the same while the dilute 1:5 water extract would dissolve more ions because there is excessive water in direct contact with the soil.

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