Soil water repellence: Soil Quality Knowledge Base – WA (Webpage)
The Soil water repellence section of the Soil Quality Knowledge Base explains what soil water repellence is and its causes, impacts and management, particularly affecting sandy soils. The webpage includes 2 videos. In the Soil water repellence: the essentials video, Stephen Davies outlines the basics of soil water repellence [2:32]. The second video, Flow of water repellent topsoil around knife points explains the effects of using knife points when seeding into dry water repellent soil [0:59]. While the content focuses on Western Australia, the information is applicable to soils in South Australia and Victoria.#
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