Do meadow-chestnut and chestnut-meadow soils within South near-by Sivash zone of the Crimea favor oil-bearing crops cultivation?
As an inspection result of agricultural areas (crop sector of Nikita Botanical Gardens - National Scientific Centre) in the village Dmitriyevka, Dzhankoy region, the Republic of Crimea, it was determined that meadow-chestnut and chestnut-meadow soils favor fruit- and oil-bearing crops adaptation. Due to close to surface salt layer, high concentration of toxic salts not all the territory suits for agriculture. Successful plant growing on this territory supposes to control ground water level, prevent soil resalinization, enrich it with organic fertilizers (40-50 ton/ha) and mineral phosphorus (100-300 kg/ha) depending upon soil type, phosphogypsum or iron vitriol for deep treatment before plantation layout (2 ton/ha) with further soil washing allowing for drainage system. Soils that are characterized with close to surface salt layer, high concentration of toxic salts and heavy granular metric composition are unsuitable for fruit- and oil-bearing crops, but recommended for grazing.