Turamoe

22 - Turamoe

Soil Properties

Parent material	Peat inter layered with alluvium from greywacke and pumice on Taupo pumice alluvium
Characteristic site and soil features	Swamp with peat inter layered with ashy loam (peaty ashy loam) on compact impermeable Taupo pumice alluvial silt and sand
Associated soils not shown within map unit at map scale but separated out in more detailed maps. - Sample Location	7, 8, 9   E
Natural drainage and depth to gley and hence to water table after wet periods	Very poor 0cm
Potential rooting depth, texture, and limiting layer	22     30-60cm peaty ashy loam on Taupo ashy           sand and silt  22a   60-90cm peaty ashy loam on Taupo ashy           sand and silt 22b   90cm peaty ashy loam on Taupo ashy           sand  and silt
Available water capacity	22      50-100mm 22a    100mm 22b    100mm
Infiltration rate	All slow
Permeability rate	All slow to very slow
Susceptibility of topsoil to pugging and compaction when wet	All high
Susceptibility to wind erosion when dry	All very high
Unfavourable soil characteristics	Dry peat susceptible to wind erosion  slowly permeable peat layers slowly permeable ashy silt low pH - acid

 

Soil Management

Artificial drainage: drain spacing	22, 22a, 22b - 5-10m water table must not be lowered too much because the peat will dry out and oxidize, lowering the surface
Cultivate when moist to avoid: compaction wind erosion	All All
Irrigation:-	N/A

 
Turamoe (22) (photo D. Bloomer)