| NRM 281 | Fall 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Soil series | Profile | Student | BD by Cyl | BD by Can | PD by Cyl | %PS by Cyl | %PS by Can | % Sand | % Silt | % Clay | USDA textural | pH on | pH on 1:1 | pH in | Lime Req | % O.M. | H2O content | Date H2O done | H2O logging |
| name | position | Name | g/ml | g/ml | g/ml | Class Name | Paste | 0.01 M CaCl2 | T/A | field moist Kg/Kg soil | observations | ||||||||
| Ceresco | Topsoil | Katie | 1.07 | 0.93 | 2.57 | 58 | 61.94 | 48 | 35 | 16 | sandy loam | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.1 | none | 10.5 | 0.3692 | 11/7/05 | sugar smelled bad and was leaking from the tube |
| Topsoil | Carla | 1.152 | 0.956 | 2.127 | 45.834 | 63.92 | 48.05 | 38.23 | 13.73 | Loam | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | none | 26.9 | 0.0327 | 10/24/05 | Sugar tube had large air pocket and stopper was pushed off. Smelled of rotten gasses and all moisture was gone. No sugar tube had slight smell and remaining water. The stopper stayed in place. No sugar was dark brown and the Sugar tube was black. | |
| Topsoil | Eric | 0.928 | 1.04 | 2.23 | 58.39 | 60.75 | 67.51 | 20.5 | 12 | sandy loam | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.75 | None | 10.6 | 0.287 | 11/7/05 | There was sugar that had been pushed out of the stopper, they both smelled quite bad, the one with the sugar was also very dark compared to the one without | |
| Topsoil | Zach | 1.13 | 1.13 | 1.77 | 54.7 | 57.36 | 72 | 15.5 | 12.5 | sandy loam | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.6 | none | 10.3 | 0.195 | 11/7/05 | A sugary ooze was ejected from the top of test tube,air pockets had formed within dirt and smelled rotten | |
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| Ceresco | Subsoil | Lisa | 1.2 | 0.895 | 2.26 | 46.9 | 66.23 | 46.4 | 23.1 | 30.5 | sandy clay loam | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | none | 12 | 0.178 | 10/31/05 | very bad smelling, and stopper was pushed out of tube. |
| Subsoil | Amanda | 1.285 | 1.0683 | 2.341 | 45.1 | 59.7 | 66.2995 | 22.0055 | 11.695 | sandy loam | 7.75 | 7.95 | 7.55 | none | 10.85 | 0.1808 | 10/31/05 | smells like garbage or rotten garbage, and some ooze was pushed out of the over flowing tube. | |
| Subsoil | Ben P | 1.136 | 1.14 | 2.4 | 52.67 | 56.98 | 85.8 | 7.7 | 6.5 | loamy sand | 8 | 8 | 7.6 | none | 1.89 | 0.23 | 11/7/05 | Sugar pushed out stopper. Very sticky. Smelled bad. Sugar tube darker than no sugar tube. | |
| Subsoil | Bill | 1.238 | 1.22 | 2.5 | 50.49 | 53.96 | 74 | 16.1 | 9.9 | sandy loam | 7.45 | 7.6 | 6.65 | None | 13.2 | 0.213 | 11/7/05 | There was sugar that had been pushed out of the stopper, they both smelled quite bad, the one with the sugar was also very dark compared to the one without | |
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| Nester | Topsoil | Tania | 1.158 | 0.713 | 2.258 | 48.7 | 53.6 | 18.7 | 27.7 | sandy loam | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5 | 3 | 7.22 | 8.399 | 11/21/05 | Sugar water seeped out of the test tube. The soil separated into chunks and the sample smelled funky after the 2nd week. | |
| Topsoil | Ben V | 1.052 | 0.9434 | 2.074 | 49.28 | 48 | 32.25 | 19.75 | Loam | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0.787 | Smells terrible (like methane) and the buildup of gases has caused the top to pop off | ||||
| Topsoil | Rachel B | 0.964 | 1.12 | 2.33 | 58.6 | 57.7 | 37 | 28 | 35 | clay loam | 4.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 5 | 7.7 | 0.255 | 11/21/05 | sugar water smelled terrible and stopper was completely off | |
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| Nester | Subsoil | Karl | 1.269 | 1.136 | 2.552 | 50.274 | 53.48 | 43.13 | 36.87 | 20 | Loam | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 2 | 6.4 | 10.02 | 10/31/05 | The build up of pungent gases caused the top to blow off. |
| Subsoil | Jarrod | 1.186 | 1.26 | 2.334 | 49.186 | 56.852 | 54.75 | 25.875 | 19.375 | Sandy Clay Loam | 5.8 | 6 | 5.6 | 0 | 4.56 | 1.48 | 10/31/05 | The build up of gasses not only made the sample smell terrible but caused the stopper to pop loose and let moisture out. | |
| Subsoil | Marsha | 1.33 | 1.37 | 2 | 33.5 | 48.3 | 31 | 40 | 29 | clay | 4.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 10 | Sugar made the water spill out after I left it sit for a week. | ||||
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| Kawkawlin | Topsoil | Adam | 0.98 | 1.14 | 2.14 | 54.02 | 56.98 | 47.97 | 27.3 | 24.73 | sandy clay loam | 5.8 | 5.88 | 5.5 | 1 | 7.2 | 0.0011 | 10/31/05 | Build up of gasses has caused the stopper to be expelled. Terrible odor. Sticky substance around stopper and bottom of tube |
| Topsoil | Bethany | 1.125 | 0.94 | 2.295 | 56.99 | 64.53 | 43.5 | 34.001 | 22.49 | loam | 5.75 | 5.755 | 5.45 | 1 | 5 | 0.02669 | 10/31/05 | 1wk controlabsorbed H2O,2wks, the test tube began to settle some substances out,smelled trashy. 1wk soil and sugar, the substance bursted open, smelled bad and extended upward, wk 2 similar, absorbed more H20 | |
| Topsoil | Dan G | 0.82 | 1.43 | 2.13 | 61.5 | 88.5 | 52 | 33 | 15 | sandy loam | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4 | 10 | 7.25 | 0.2422 | 11/7/05 | sugar smelled bad, and leaked out, had many air bubbles | |
| Topsoil | Dan Y | 0.96 | 1.16 | 2.119 | 45.26 | 49 | 55.5 | 24.5 | 20 | sandy clay loam | 4.5 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 5 | 5 | 0.306 | 11/7/05 | sugar leaked out through stopper. rank smell. gaps present in soil. | |
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| Kawkawlin | Subsoil | David | 1.12 | 1.675 | 2.14 | 47.67 | 48.49 | 41 | 17 | 42 | clay | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 1 | 3.95 | 0.099 | 10/31/05 | sugar tude created gasses which popped the top up and then the sugar water started bubbling over. The smell was horrible. The other test tube did nothing and had no smell. |
| Subsoil | Audrey | 1.3 | 1.37 | 2.19 | 63.47 | 43.3 | 39.5 | 19.568 | 40.932 | clay loam | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 1 | 4.715 | 0.1922 | 11/7/05 | tube with sugar was smelly, thick, lower pH (4.5) and ozzed out top(gasses formed) | |
| Subsoil | Matt | 1.198 | 1.47 | 2.23 | 53.72 | 44.53 | 46.5 | 28 | 25.5 | sandy clay loam | 4.7 | 4.75 | 3.85 | 5 | 0.192 | 11/7/05 | |||
| Subsoil | Rachel V | 1.13 | 1.2 | 2.27 | 49.78 | 45 | 76.34 | 3.16 | 20.5 | sandy clay loam | 4.7 | 4.75 | 3.75 | 5 | 9 | 0.199 | 11/7/05 | sugar-lots of air pockets/yeasty smell control-soil was layered/OM on top | |
| Alluvial Sand | Topsoil | Angela | 1.26 | 1.048 | 2.56 | 50 | 60.4 | 22.4 | 52.8 | 22.8 | silt loam | 7.9 | 7.95 | 7.75 | 0 | 12.2 | 0.124 | 10/31/05 | tube w/sugar- top popped slightly, smelled like active yeast and garbage, viscous sticky liquid. Tube w/o sug. smells not so bad or potent, smells marshy/wet earth and O.M. decomp. |
| Topsoil | Mel | 1.37 | 1.57 | 2.62 | 47.7 | 40.8 | 74.5 | 11.2 | 14.55 | sandy loam | 7.8 | 7.55 | 7.45 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.08261 | 10/31/05 | control-more grey, more layered, more soil, less air; sugar-redbrown, floating om, stinkier, less soil, more air, bubbles | |
| Topsoil | Marnie | 1.319 | 2.29 | 55 | 51 | 25 | 62 | 13 | silt loam | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.8 | |||||||
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| Alluvial Sand | Subsoil | Dusty | 1.37 | 1.43 | 2.56 | 46.48 | 46.04 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 0 | 4.61 | 0.264 | 10/31/05 | tube with sugar did not have a visable reaction with the soil, no air bubbles, no popped top. | ||||
| Subsoil | Marie | 1.44 | 1.14 | 2.53 | 43.1 | 56.98 | 77.6 | 10.2 | 12.2 | Loamy sand | 7.95 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 0 | 6.03 | 0.095691 | 10/31/05 | With sugar and without sugar looked the same and didn't have any smell to it. The with sugar one had some particles suspended in the solution and the one w/o sugar didn't. The one with sugar was darker in color. | |
| Subsoil | Alexis | 1.11 | 1.25 | 2.55 | 56 | 53 | 50 | 36 | 13 | loam | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 1 | 6.9 | 0.2407 | 11/7/05 | With sugar there was an air bubble, and it smelled like alcohol |