In the spring a certain surface soil showed the following soil test: soil solution K = 20

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In the spring a certain surface soil showed the following soil test: soil solution K = 20 kg/ha. exchangeable K = 200 kg/ha. After two crops of alfalfa hay that conlained 250 kg/ha of potassium were harvested and removed, a second soil test showed soil solution K = 15 kg/ha and exchangeable K = 150 kg/ha. Explain why there was not a greater reduction in soil solution and exchangeable K levels. 

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The Nature and Properties of Soils

ISBN: 978-0132279383

14th edition

Authors: Nyle C. Brady, Ray R. Weil

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