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19 Cards in this Set
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Important soil features effecting vines
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Geographical influences
Drainage Heat retention Composition |
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Top soil
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Supports most of the root and feeding system
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Sub soil
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structure will influence drainage, root system depth and mineral collection abilities
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Warm soils
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Gravel Sand Loam- aid in advancing ripening
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Cool soils
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Clay - aid in retarding ripening
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5 important soil nutrients
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Nitrogen, Potassium, phosphate, magnesium, calcium
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Alluvium/alluvial
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type of sediment that can be fine-grained and fertile consisting of silt sand and gravel deposited by flowing water
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clay
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desctiption of sediment of soil made up of very small particles
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Granite
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coarse-grained rock composed of quartz, fieldspar and other minerals; low fertility and rapid draining
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Gravel
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soil in which pebbles are the most obvious, great drainage, water stress
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Ironpan
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an iron rich layer of clay that forms if the subsoil has more clay than the topsoil
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Limestone
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Rock made mostly of calcium carbonate and described as calcareous
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Loam
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soil comprised of sand, silt and clay in relatively equal concentration; contains more nutrients and retains water
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loess
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light-colored, fine grained accumulation of clay and silt particles that have been deposited by the wind
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Marl
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the crumbly combination of limestone and clay
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sand
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soil or sediment made up of relatively large oarticles
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Sandstone
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sedimentary rock comprised of sand-grade particles may be calcareous or held together by quartz
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schist
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large group of coarsely crystalline metamorphic rock that can be split into layers
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Slit
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granular material of a size between san and clay with mineral origin of quartz
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