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| | Muck (soil) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Muck is a soil made up primarily of humus from drained swampland. | | | Muck farming is controversial, because the drainage of wetlands destroys wildlife habitat and produces other environmental problems. | | | Muck farming on drained bogs is an important part of agriculture in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Florida, where mostly vegetables are grown. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muck_(soil)
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| | Histosols |
| | Another major use of Histosols is as a growing medium in place (i.e., the soil is not removed, instead, plants are grown on the mucks). | | | Often, such soil must be irrigated to offset the rapid loss of moisture during the summer. | | | When a sandy peat is drained, the soil often becomes very light and is subject to erosion by the wind, so rows of willow trees or bushes are often planted in strategic places on the borders of these fields to act as windbreaks. |
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http://www.geo.msu.edu/geo333/histosols.html
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| | SOIL - Definition |
| | soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop. | | | {Soil pipe}, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil. | | | solum bottom, soil; but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a miry place. |
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http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/soil
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| | Center for Environmental Communications |
| | As a soil textural class, soil material that is 40% or more clay, less than 45% sand, and less than 40% silt. | | | Muck has the least amount of plant fiber, the highest bulk density, and the lowest water content at saturation of all organic soil material. | | | Muck (=sapric soil material) - Organic soil material in an advanced stage of decomposition making it impossible to identify plant parts with the unaided eye. |
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http://www.loyno.edu/~lucec/mrdsoil.html
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| | Commercial Vegetable Recommendations |
| | Deep muck soils are ideal for onion production because of their good water retention, high nitrogen content, ease of nutrient management and ease of harvest. | | | Maintain a pH of 5.3 to 6.5 on muck soil and 6.2 to 6.8 on mineral soils. | | | Also, egg mortality is high because of hot soil surface temperatures during July and August-eggs are killed by temperatures of 112 degrees F or higher, and soil surface temperatures often exceed 140 degrees F. Adults of the second generation emerge in late August and September. |
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http://www.msu.edu/~zandstra/extbult/1995ONION.html
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| | Muck Crops Day Opens Door to Visitors |
| | The annual Muck Crops Day at the Muck Crops Branch of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center is scheduled for June 28, from 10 a.m. | | | Still, there are problems associated with growing vegetables on muck soil, such as disease, insect and weed control, and the branch's research concentrates on solving those problems. | | | The Muck Crops branch is OARDC's oldest branch, and the soil is nearly 80 percent organic matter, which is ideal for raising certain types of vegetables, said Branch Manager Rick Callendar. |
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http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story-print.php?id=1766
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| | FIELD INDICATORS OF HYDRIC SOILS IN THE |
| | When soil morphology seems inconsistent with the landscape, vegetation, or observable hydrology, it may be necessary to obtain the assistance of an experienced soil or wetland scientist to determine whether the soil is hydric. | | | Muck is sapric soil material with at least 12 to 18 percent organic carbon. |
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http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/fieldin.htm
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| | TropicLine6(5) |
| | The use of sterilized soil was intended to eliminate the germination of unwanted seeds in the soil used in this study. | | | Previously, we found seeds to germinate better in muck soil than in sand during germination studies with several emersed aquatic plants, but sprouting of a number of unwanted weed seeds also occurred in the muck soil. | | | These germination studies also showed that the addition of fertilizer to the muck soil was necessary for good growth of the seedling aquatic plants. |
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http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/tropicline/Volume6(5).htm
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| | Plant Soil - Better House Plants For Your Home |
| | Standard potting soil for most plants may be made of: 6 parts of garden earth, 3 Parts of sand, 1 l/2 parts each of humus and peat moss, 1/2 part of bonemeal- 12 1/2 parts in all. | | | Most house plants are grown in potting soil containing enough sand to keep it porous and enable water to drain through it readily, enough garden earth to give it firmness, and enough decayed vegetable matter to keep it damp between one watering and the next. | | | Gritty Muck: 6 parts of the grittymuck earth, 4 1/2 parts of sand, 3/4 part each of humus and peat moss, 1/2 part bonemeal, 12 1/2 parts in all. |
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http://www.oldandsold.com/articles02/houseplants4.shtml
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| | Wetlands |
| | Hydric soils are those soils that in their natural conditions are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season (February-December in Lee County) to develop anaerobic conditions that favor the growth and regeneration of hydrophytic (wetland) vegetation. | | | Frequently flooded, slough (sheet-flow) and depressional (ponding and muck) soil types can indicate areas of wetland formation; however, a site visit needs to be conducted by a person trained in wetland delineation methodology to verify the presence or absence of wetlands. | | | Note: Soil #6 - Hallendale fine sand and #13 - Boca fine sand have indicated a high percentage of hydric soils within the mapping unit and may also indicate a wetland area. |
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http://www.lee-county.com/dcd/Environmental/Wetlands.htm
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| | Crop Profile for Potatoes in Michigan |
| | Mint farms located on muck soils are at a disadvantage for continued bud mite infestation since they do not fall plow (4, 15). | | | Onions, corn and soybeans are good crops to rotate with mint to reduce the likelihood of buildup of verticillate propagules in the soil (3). | | | These nematodes move vertically in the soil in response to soil temperatures and moisture levels. |
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http://cipm.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/docs/MImint.html
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| | Muck |
| | Muck consists of soils formed in partly or almost completely decomposed remains of woody or herbaceous plants. | | | These soils are not suitable for engineering purposes because of their highly compressible nature and almost complete lack of strength. | | | As a rule, if areas of these organic soils cannot be bypassed, all of the highly organic material should be removed and replaced with a suitable mineral soil. |
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http://www.chipr.sunysb.edu/eserc/longis/muck.html
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| | docs\lectsupl\Soil\soil |
| | in the soil and measures the soil moisture tension. | | | An agriculturally productive soil is a balanced mixture of sand, silt, and clay. | | | Its major effect is on the solubility of nutrients in the soil solution, i.e. |
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http://generalhorticulture.tamu.edu/lectsupl/Soil/soil.html
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| | Onion |
| | Muck soil: 2 or 3 applications at 2 to 2.4 qt. | | | Apply when soil and leaves are dry to prevent crop injury. | | | Lime: Mineral soils: To maintain a soil pH of 6.0 to 6.8. |
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http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/id-56/onion.html
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| | SMALLEY LAKE AND THE MUCK FIELDS |
| | The depth of the muck soils depended on the length of time the thick vegetation and mosses grew up and decayed in the cycle of soil building. | | | The soil turns to a gray ash that is of much less volume than the soil itself. | | | Smalley lake was a slightly lower lake than the muck bottoms that were being used to grow crops at that time. |
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http://www.harborside.com/~brownie/book/chap11.htm
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| | Sample from Unearthing the Land |
| | To regional soil conservationists, the marsh is a large-scale exhibit of the temporary nature of agricultural benefits derived from draining a wetland of this magnitude and kind. | | | A century ago, the real Scioto Marsh was drained, and the rich organic soil covering the basin for a depth of five feet became farm fields of muck, the nutrient coal-dust-like substance in which vegetables, onions most notably, once grew abundantly. | | | Later, when mechanization came to the marsh, rough-sawed hickory slats were bolted to the treads of the diesel Cletracs to extend the treads two feet so the tractors would not sink into the muck during spring plowing. |
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http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/sample/rumesamp.html
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| | Lesson Plan |
| | Those soils were coveted because sediments from Lake Okeechobee enriched them, but agricultural drainage and soil tillage practices stimulated their loss. | | | Students will be given the opportunity to go into an organic soil field in agricultural production and view those soils in use, as well as feel and observe the soil by touch, sight and smell. | | | Near the turn of the century in the northern Everglades, the peat and muck soils were commonly 14 or more feet deep over the rock base, when drainage activities began. |
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http://als5106.ifas.ufl.edu/Glades.htm
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| | ROLE OF SOIL PROPERTIES IN ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH RISK FROM EXPOSURE TO ARSENIC-ENRICHED SOILS |
| | Five different soil types were chosen based on their potential differences with respect to As reactivity: an acid sand with minimal As retention capacity, a sandy loam with relatively high concentration of Fe/Al-oxides (hence, higher As retention capacity), a clay soil, an organic (muck) soil, and a high pH calcareous soil. | | | The soils were amended with sodium arsenite pesticide at three rates: 45 mg/kg, 225 mg/kg, and 450 mg/kg. | | | Concentrations of these operationally defined soil As forms were correlated with the “in-vitro” bioavailable fractions of As to identify the As species that are most likely to be bioavailable under a variety of soil/pesticide scenarios. |
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http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004SC/finalprogram/abstract_70189.htm
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| | 20lettuce.html |
| | The fungus survives in the soil and on crop debris. | | | Fumigate in the fall when soil temperatures are still warm is effective in controlling this nematode. | | | Time for concern: The disease is most common when excessive moisture occurs, soils are poorly drained, and the temperatures are unfavorable for seed germination and rapid lettuce/endive growth. |
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http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/recommends/20lettuce.html
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| | Everglades National Park's 50th Anniversary |
| | The ease with which this kind of soil can be cultivated, on account of its light and porous nature, is another very attractive feature, expecially when compared to the stiff, heavy soils of other States. | | | The soil, although the very richest, is easily worked and irrigated and has, in addition, such climate and location as to make it extraordinarily valuable. | | | With a depth of soil averaging, perhaps, 8 feet, and an extent of nearly half a acres, with a surface almost absolutely level, it affords promise of development which reaches beyond the limits of prophecy. |
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http://www.evergladescityonline.com/50years/prisms.htm
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| | Muck Soils Research Farm |
| | Established in 1941, the Muck Research Farm is located on a deep Houghton muck (organic soil) in southeastern Clinton County. | | | Research being conducted at this site includes studies on weed, insect and disease control with pesticides and/or cultural management practices; cultivar evaluations; tillage; crop rotation; subirrigation; nutrient management; and potato late blight. | | | This soil contains nearly 80 percent organic matter. |
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http://www.maes.msu.edu/mucksoil
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| | muck soil |
| | An organic soil consisting of highly decomposed materials. | | | Mucky peat and peaty muck are terms used to describe increasing stages of decomposition between peat and muck. |
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http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/glossary/muck_soil.html
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| | Basil's Place for A Bug's Muck: Mr Soil |
| | Mister Soil, as everyone seems to call him, is a shade taller than many ants and possesses quite a nose: a long, dominant item in his face. | | | Basil's Place for A Bug's Muck: Mr Soil | | | This particular feature is emphasized when tilted up in a display of arrogance, as he is wont to do. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~toontone/characters/mrsoil.htm
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