Abstract
Many products are advertised and sold in Kentucky as soil additives to aid the movement of water into and through the soil. Most of these additives contain compounds that reduce the surface tension of water. That means that they change the way water is absorbed onto surfaces that have a tendency to repel water. However, their effectiveness in this regard has been questioned due to the huge volume of soil to be effected and the fact that our Kentucky soils are not hydrophobic. In order to determine the effectiveness of these types of products, an experiment was designed to test one of these products on the infiltration of water into the soil.
Publication Date
5-1985
Volume
6
Number
5
Repository Citation
Murdock, Lloyd W., "Effect of Soil Additives on Water Infiltration on Kentucky Soils" (1985). Soil Science News and Views. 78.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_views/78
