Ferrosol AU
Soil profile: A Red Ferrosol from the Red Hill area. The typical surface soil is a dark reddish brown light clay or clay loam with a strong fine crumb structure, grading at about 200 mm depth, into a strong brown or dark reddish brown light or medium clay with some small ironstone concretions. Original notes and photos provided by the State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) with revision.
Landscape: Potatoes on Ferrosols. Ferrosols under a suitable climate are unparallelled for growing potatoes. In Thorpdale in West Gippsland, Victoria, potato growers produce top quality potatoes for making chips (French fries). These soils are used for growing potatoes in other cool areas, such as pockets of Northern Tasmania, and some treasured areas near Ballarat, but most frying potatoes come from around Thorpdale. Russet Burbank potatoes are good for frying because of their low moisture content (requiring well drained soils) and high starch content (requiring a long season and plenty of available water). (Photo and text by ABC Rural)
Ferrosols are non texture contrast soils that have a high free iron content in the B horizon (subsoil). They are nearly always found only on basic volcanic material and are nearly always red coloured. Using the Australian Soil Classification, Ferrosols can be grouped further (in to Suborders) based on the colour of the upper 20 cm of the subsoil (i.e. red, brown, yellow, grey and black). These can be further differentiated based on subsoil characteristics such as the nutrient level capacities and ratios and the presence of carbonates.
For more information about these soils, visit;
vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/portregn.nsf/pages/por...
In soil taxonomy, these soils are commonly . For more information about Soil Taxonomy, visit;
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Ferrosol AU
Soil profile: A Red Ferrosol from the Red Hill area. The typical surface soil is a dark reddish brown light clay or clay loam with a strong fine crumb structure, grading at about 200 mm depth, into a strong brown or dark reddish brown light or medium clay with some small ironstone concretions. Original notes and photos provided by the State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) with revision.
Landscape: Potatoes on Ferrosols. Ferrosols under a suitable climate are unparallelled for growing potatoes. In Thorpdale in West Gippsland, Victoria, potato growers produce top quality potatoes for making chips (French fries). These soils are used for growing potatoes in other cool areas, such as pockets of Northern Tasmania, and some treasured areas near Ballarat, but most frying potatoes come from around Thorpdale. Russet Burbank potatoes are good for frying because of their low moisture content (requiring well drained soils) and high starch content (requiring a long season and plenty of available water). (Photo and text by ABC Rural)
Ferrosols are non texture contrast soils that have a high free iron content in the B horizon (subsoil). They are nearly always found only on basic volcanic material and are nearly always red coloured. Using the Australian Soil Classification, Ferrosols can be grouped further (in to Suborders) based on the colour of the upper 20 cm of the subsoil (i.e. red, brown, yellow, grey and black). These can be further differentiated based on subsoil characteristics such as the nutrient level capacities and ratios and the presence of carbonates.
For more information about these soils, visit;
vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/portregn.nsf/pages/por...
In soil taxonomy, these soils are commonly . For more information about Soil Taxonomy, visit;
sites.google.com/site/dinpuithai/Home