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High infiltration and ET;
Low runoff
vs.
Low infiltration and ET;
High runoff (2x to 6x)
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Vastly alter large blocks of land Compact subsoil to levels not possible prior to 1950
Degrade topsoil resources through handling and storage practices
This is actually no longer topsoil
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Post construction landscape maintenance Practices
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Source: TD Economics Special Report, June 2014
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For trees to provide these benefits they require…
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A compaction problem is a biological problem
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Subsoiling with bulldozers and excavators
Subsoiling Patterns
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Parameter Malone et al., 1996
Chow et al., 2002 Balousek, 2003 Faucette et al., 2005
Reinsch et al., 2007
Native soil type Silty loam Gravelly loam Silty clay loam Sandy clay loam Clay
Treatment Yard waste compost (YWC) incorporation (15 cm depth)
Pulp fibre incorporation (20 – 25 cm depth)
Deep tilling, chisel plowing and YWC incorp. (15 cm depth)
Compost blankets (37.5 mm depth & 4 diff. compost sources) plus filter berms
YWC blanket; YWC incorp.; YWC incorp. plus filter berm
Runoff volume reduction*
67% 23% 88% 30 to 55% 96% (blanket) 69% (incorp.) 74% (incorp. & filter berm)
Sediment load reduction*
77% 71% n/a 97 to 99% >99%
Nutrient load reduction**
n/a n/a n/a 29 to 62% >99%
* Values are % reductions over all events monitored relative to a bare soil control. ** Value is % reduction of dissolved reactive phosphorus load after vegetation was re-established.
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Box Grove community, Markham, ON
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Final Organic matter content: 5 – 10% (base topsoil 2 – 5%) Organic matter calculator (spreadsheet) Final compaction limits: Surface resistance for all soil textures: 110 PSI (7.7 kg/cm2; 758 kPa); Sub-surface resistance (texture dependent): 225 PSI (15.8 kg/cm²; 1551 kPa to 260 PSI (18.3 kg/cm²: 1793 kPa) measured by a cone penetrometer Minimum topsoil screen size ≥ 50 mm Topsoil depth: 300 mm compost amended topsoil Sub-soil: 450 mm depth scarification Total depth: 750 mm
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Root Limiting Compaction Levels
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Compaction Cone Penetrometer (PSI)
Proctor Density Method (%)
Bulk Density (g/cm³)
Acceptable ≤ 260 75 - 85 1.10 – 1.60
Root Limiting 260 - 400 85 - 90 1.10/1.60 – 1.47/1.80
Root Restricting ≥ 400 ≥ 90 ≥ 1.47 – 1.80
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NO SCARIFICATION OF SUB-SOIL WITHIN 3 m OF BUILDING FOUNDATION
SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL FOOTPRINT AREA
NO SCARIFICATION OF SUB-SOIL WITHIN TREE PROTECTION AREA
EXISTING TREE
DR
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WALKWAY
BUILDING
SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL FOOTPRINT AREA
NO SCARIFICATION OF SUB-SOIL WITHIN 1 m OF SHALLOW UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
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SCARIFY SUB-SOIL IN PERPENDICULAR PATTERN
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450 mm SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL
STEP 1. PLACE 150 mm IMPORTED COMPOST AMENDED
TOPSOIL AND CONSOLIDATE THROUGH HAND TAMPING OR ROLLING
150 mm COMPOST AMENDED TOPSOIL
STEP 2. PLACE 150 mm IMPORTED COMPOST AMENDED
TOPSOIL AND CONSOLIDATE THROUGH HAND TAMPING OR ROLLING
450 mm SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL
300 mm COMPOST AMENDED TOPSOIL
METHOD 1: PLACE IMPORTED COMPOST AMENDED TOPSOIL
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40 mm COMPOST
STEP 4. INCORPORATE
THROUGH TILLING AND CONSOLIDATE THROUGH HAND
TAMPING OR ROLLING
450 mm SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL
STEP 3. PLACE BASE TOPSOIL AND COMPOST AT 3:1 RATIO BY VOLUME OR
CUSTOM RATIO
STEP 1. PLACE BASE TOPSOIL AND COMPOST AT 3:1 RATIO BY VOLUME OR
CUSTOM RATIO
40 mm COMPOST
120 mm BASE TOPSOIL
450 mm SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL
450 mm SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL
450 mm SCARIFIED SUB-SOIL
120 mm BASE TOPSOIL 150 mm COMPOST AMENDED TOPSOIL
300 mm COMPOST AMENDED TOPSOIL
150 mm COMPOST AMENDED TOPSOIL
STEP 2. INCORPORATE
THROUGH TILLING AND CONSOLIDATE THROUGH HAND
TAMPING OR ROLLING
METHOD 2: PLACE BASE TOPSOIL AND COMPOST LAYERS AND INCORPORATE
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$135 Million G.I. Project
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto ON
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