Concerned about your soil’s risk of salinity, particularly if you are using lower quality irrigation water? A pocket electrical conductivity (EC) meter is a low cost way to monitor your soil’s total salt level.
Irrigation Water and its Effect on Soils
When a soil receives water, it not only receives H2O but also all of the nutrients dissolved in that water. Even rain water contains additional nutrients. Particularly in arid regions dependent on irrigation water for crop production, we need to know how to apply irrigation water to not adversely affect the soil over time.