Landscape Maintenance - Wind Erosion
About Wind Erosion
Erosion Caused By Wind
| Wind erosion can be harmful to landscaped properties, rural farms, investment land and vegetation crops. There are 3 main sources from Mother Nature with cause erosion and they are water, ice and wind. Wind can cause devastating effects because of its force. Wind generally picks up the soil particles and transfers it to another area. The rate and magnitude of erosion caused by wind is controlled by many factors which include the soil's predisposition to erosion, the soils roughness and dryness, the climate of the areas and unsheltered distances. |
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Effects of Wind Erosion
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Wind erosion can create many adverse effects to operating and maintaining fields, landscaping and vegetation crops. Wind erosion can sandblast plants, trees and flowers making them be under nourished and result in plant disease. The affects of wind erosion to residential landscaping is harmful and generally results in all plants, tree and flowers dyeing and having to be replaced and protected against wind erosion. |
| Wind erosion will affect crops massively by totally ruining them. This will result in the whole crop needing to be re-seeded which can cause costly delays to the well being and resale of all vegetables and fruits grown in the crops. Farmers are faced with wind erosion affects all year round. All vegetation can be protected by wind erosion control methods and products, if they are not then the wind will definitely cause erosion which is devastating. |
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Wind Erosion Control Methods
One of the most common methods to control and prevent wind erosion on all types of land whether it’s a small residential garden or a large vegetation crop is to always make sure the ground soil is moist and watered frequently. The reason for this is so that the water makes the soil stay together and prevent it from drying out so that it is affect by wind. Moisturized soil will not be affected by wind therefore this is the simplest way to control wind erosion.
Vegetation Cover
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Dry, loose and bare soils are most susceptible to wind erosion. Crops which always produce a low residuel also are prone to wind erosion. Lack of permanent vegetation cover on land areas will result in the harmful affects of wind erosion, it could cause the soil to become so dry, gullies and ditches will form and the land will just not be good enough to replant vegetation cover. You can prevent this from occurring altogether by having a good vegetation cover across your land whether it’s large or small. |
Vegetation cover will act as a protective shield against wind erosion because the wind produced will swarm around the vegetation and not be able to reach deep down into the roots and soil. The most affective vegetation cover used for protection purposes should consist of great crop selection, great tillage factors and great residue management along with a great irrigation system. All the mentioned elements will protect your land from the harmful affects of wind erosion.
Climatic Issues
| The duration and speed of wind has a direct relationship to the extent and the effects of erosion. Soil moisture levels may just be very low and drained in periods of drought and they are prone to wind erosion, when the wind hits these surfaces it transports the soil particles and moves them elsewhere. This mainly occurs during spring and summer months. During winter months wind erosion causes dry and icing affects on the soil. The surface will freeze dry and cause dramatic issues upon drying out. |
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