How Does Gypsum Remediate Saline And Sodic Soils?
Applying gypsum helps reclaim sodic soils where sodium that's attached to the cation exchange complex becomes too high. The most economical way is to add gypsum which supplies calcium. The calcium supplied by gypsum displaces the sodium held on the clay-binding sites. The sodium on the clay binding sites can then be leached from the soil with ...