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• ~ ~ c. <br />i <br />TABLE 3 <br /> SUITABILITY CRITERIA OF TOPSOIL <br /> (OR TOPSOIL SUBSTITUTE) <br /> • Suitable <br />Par~neter Good Fair Poor Unsuitable <br />pH 6.0-8.4 5.5-6.0 5.0-5.5 5.0 <br /> 8.4-8.8 8.8-9.0 9.0 <br />EC (Conductivity) 0-4 4-8 8-16 <br />mmhos/an 8 may prove difficult <br />' - to revegetate 16 <br />Saturation Percentage 25-80 80 <br /> 25 <br />• Texture 1/ sl, 1, sil, c1, sicl, sc c, sic, 5 508 c <br /> scl, vfsl, fsl ls, lfs 858 s <br />.SAFt 6 6-10 10-15 15 <br /> 10-12 2/ 12 2/ <br />Calci~an Carbonate 0-158 15-308 over 308 <br />Coarse Frag 3-10 in. 0-15 15-25 25-35 35 <br />(~) vol 10 in. 0-3 3-7 7-10 10 <br />Moist Consistency vfr, fr lo, fi vfi, exfi <br />Dry Consistency lo, so sh, h vh <br />1/ SCS. 1978. National Soils Handbook, Notice 24. <br />2/ For fine textured soils (clay 90~) (Gee, et al., 1978). <br /> <br />