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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………...
2. OBJECTIVES……………………………………………………………………………………
3. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND…………………………………………………………..…
5. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES…………………………………………………………….
6. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS…………………………………………………………………..
8. REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………………
9. APPENDICES…………………………………………………………………………………
B. PICTURES……………………………………………………………………………...
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LIST OF TABLES
OBJECTIVES
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Properly collecting soil samples is the most important step in any nutrient or soil amendment
management program. Soil sampling should reflect tillage, past fertilizer or soil amendment
placement, cropping patterns (and corresponding irrigation requirements), soil type (including
drainage and slope characteristics) and perhaps old field boundaries (such as old feedlots,
windrows, altered stream beds, etc.). Trends toward reduced and/ or zero tillage and technology
for variable rate fertilization (VRF) have especially demanded that soil samples be taken more
accurate fertilizer and soil amendments application. The most commonly used method for soil
sampling would be based on soil types. Fields are split into sampling areas that contain similar
soils. Hillsides are kept separate from bottoms since the soil types will vary. Soil survey maps, if
applicable, can help organize the soil types throughout the sampling are. Samples will not
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necessarily need to be collected for every soil type; however, similar soils should be kept
together. Sampling maps can be kept to note the locations of the chores for subsequent sampling.
Cling Wrap
Wax
Denatured Alcohol
Shovel
Spade
Measuring tape
Crowbar (Bareta)
Sando Bag
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
5. Use a soil probe or spade to collect soil sample (FOR DISTURBED SOIL SAMPLE).
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6. Remain the 0.2x0.3 meter soil for the undisturbed soil sample.
7. Thoroughly mix the cores in a plastic bucket. Do not use metal or rubber containers.
9. Ship samples to the lab promptly. If samples will not be shipped for several days, use
cling wrap to soil until they can be shipped to avoid changes in the chemical
ANALYSIS OF DATA
The amount of the disturbed soil sample was around 10 kilograms in total while the
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DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
The Disturbed Soil Sample, excavated in Cuta, Batangas City, was blackish in color,
sandy and frizzy in texture. Since the weather during the soil sampling was rainy, the soil was
somehow saturated.