Soil Surveys

These Levington Agricultural Soil Analysis surveys were carried out by Norsk Hydro sometime in the mid 1980s.
I have compiled the results into a Excel workbook and there is a worksheet for the following:-

• Position of the sample. The actual test show 30 sampling sites. However only the first 21 are for First Church Meadow.
• pH. There are 4 sheets for PH as the tests were conducted at three different levels at each sample site and the fourth is the mean of these
• Lime. The optimum pH appears to be regarded as 6.5 and this shows the amount lime required to adjust the pH to this value (in tonnes per hectare).
• Magnesium. I have also marked on the sheet what appears to be the optimum value
• Potassium. I have also marked on the sheet what appears to be the optimum value
• Phosphate. I have also marked on the sheet what appears to be the optimum value
• Level. This shows the results of an architectural survey carried out in the early 1980s and shows relative heights


There appears to be a "spike" in position 1 for all nutrients. The former warden told me that this was due to a fire that a workparty had lit to burn off some cleared vegetation. So here is the download...

Soil surveys*

and these are the original soil survey results in pdf format...

Interpretation Scales

Soil Analysis Page 1

Soil Analysis Page 2

Soil Analysis Page 3

Soil Analysis Page 4

pH Graphs (3" and 6" depth)

pH Graph (9" depth)

Lime addition to pH 6.5 Graphs (all depths)

Magnesium Graphs (all depths)

Phosphorus Graphs (all depths)

Potassium Graphs (3" and 6" depth)

Potassium Graph (9" depth)

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