What is the procedure for controlling the acidity in acid soils?
A. In general the fertility status of acid soils is very poor and under strongly and moderately acidic soils, the plant growth and development affects to a great extent. The crops grown on such problematic soils do not give remunerative return rather it lowers down the yield to a greater extent. It needs judicious management practices. So that the yield of different crops can be increased. So one of the most important and practically feasible management practices is the use of lime and liming materials to ameliorate the soil acidity. Besides these chemical amendments the other management practices have been found to be effective for the amelioration. They are 1. Use of basic fertilizers sodium nitrate, basic slag etc . 2. Reducing leaching of basic cations by following appropriate soil and water management practices. 3. Acid tolerant crops like Rice, Potato, Tea, Wheat, Sweet Potato, maize, Brinjal etc. should be cultivated.
