EFFECTS OF BUSH BURNING ON YOUR FARM SOIL FERTILITY

Kenfarm like to bring to fur the merits and demerits of burning your farm land. This we are sure will be I formative to our potential customer undergoing pre-planting process.

In as much as burning your farm after clearing seem to be the fastest way to clear off the weeds, it is imperative we understand that fire can diminish nutrient pool sizes, nevertheless nutrient availability often increases. Soil fertility can increase after low intensity fires since fire chemically converts nutrients bound in dead plant tissues and the soil surface to more available forms. The fire indirectly increases mineralization rates through its impacts.

Note that the concentration of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions in the soil can increase or be unaffected by fires whereas nitrogen and sulphur often decrease.
Thus, if you have burn your farm land after clearing, we advise you perform soil analysis to ascertain the soil fertility.
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soil pH does play a role in nutrient availability. Should you be concerned on your farm? Be more aware than concerned. Keep the pH factor in mind when planning nutrient management programs. Also, keep historical records of soil pH in your fields. Soils tend to acidify over time, particularly when large applications of NH 4+ based fertilizers are used or there is a high proportion of legumes in the rotation.

A knowledge of your soil PH is the key to a successful planting season. Soil analysis with us will go a long way in helping you to make the correct decision on: type of fertilizer to apply, Quantity of fertilizer to apply, when to apply the fertilizer and the treatment to give your farm land....contact kenfarm today

below is a pix of our last visit to Ijebu to collect soil sample for analysis

Many thanks to those sharing this vital info....together we can make more food available in the !arket