DYI: How to test soils on Kangaroo Island – SA (Video)
In this Kangaroo Island Landscape Board video, Cassandra Douglas-Hill explains how to do simple soil tests using the Knowing your soils ute guide. The video shows how to assess soil biology, soil colour, root growth, pH and compaction. Cassandra demonstrates how to do the slaking and dispersion test, monitor pasture species and weed species, test water infiltration and count earthworms. The ute guide is supported by the Knowing your soils reference handbook. While this video was produced for South Australia, the soil testing methods are broadly applicable to other Australian states [23:38].#
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