General Course Questions

Hi Maja,

I'm confused with what soil properties enhance nitrate leaching losses

This was one of the questions that was part of the discussion session no.2, so I'll only briefly answer it here.

Nitrate is an anion, hence as such it will mainly be in the soil solution (since as an anion it will be repelled by the negatively charged soil particles). So, think about what conditions lead to easy movement of soil solution....... keeping in mind that soil solution moves through the pore system....

Also to consider are sources of nitrates in soils (i.e., from where are nitrates released and how are they added to the soil).