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<blockquote data-quote="Hindsight" data-source="post: 7870412" data-attributes="member: 3169"><p>The soils of the Fens are interesting. I can only pass on what I have been told which would be if your fields have OM in low teens they are most likely Downholland, possibly in association with Chatteris series. The silt hills / roddons, if you have any are Wisbech / Agney series. Downhlland is quite a reasonable soil and the level of OM is why potatoes can be grown in what is same mineral composition as the Wallasea series. </p><p></p><p>If I recall the Wallasea series soils around the Fen edge are either degraded Downholland where over past three to couple hundred years OM level has reduced since being drained, or are younger soils, maybe about 1400 to 700 years since emerged / reclaimed from sea as the Wash filled and thus have not been under a period of peat formation nor had only a limited time to develop OM level. They are marsh soils. The marsh soils north of Skegness are all Wallasea as are the bits around Essex marshes. If memory serves me Sutton St Edmunds Wallasea's are the latter wheras around Bourne, for example, are degraded Downholland.</p><p></p><p>I had the benefit of a now well retired ADAS soil scientist explain this to me some decades ago! Best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hindsight, post: 7870412, member: 3169"] The soils of the Fens are interesting. I can only pass on what I have been told which would be if your fields have OM in low teens they are most likely Downholland, possibly in association with Chatteris series. The silt hills / roddons, if you have any are Wisbech / Agney series. Downhlland is quite a reasonable soil and the level of OM is why potatoes can be grown in what is same mineral composition as the Wallasea series. If I recall the Wallasea series soils around the Fen edge are either degraded Downholland where over past three to couple hundred years OM level has reduced since being drained, or are younger soils, maybe about 1400 to 700 years since emerged / reclaimed from sea as the Wash filled and thus have not been under a period of peat formation nor had only a limited time to develop OM level. They are marsh soils. The marsh soils north of Skegness are all Wallasea as are the bits around Essex marshes. If memory serves me Sutton St Edmunds Wallasea's are the latter wheras around Bourne, for example, are degraded Downholland. I had the benefit of a now well retired ADAS soil scientist explain this to me some decades ago! Best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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