Movement of micro- and macronutrients from sheep excreta to grass and leachate via soil

This dataset originates from an experiment designed to determine the fate of micro- and macronutrients from sheep excreta after application to soils seeded with grass. The experiment was conducted as a pot experiment in a controlled environment growing room over a period of approximately 7 weeks. Two soils were used, chosen because they were of the same soil type but with different organic matter contents. Sheep excreta (urine and faeces) originated from a feeding trial where sheep were given feed supplements where micronutrients were in either an organic or inorganic form, and full information on this feeding trial and the characterisation of the excreta are given in a linked dataset (https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98883). For the organic-supplemented sheep excreta and the inorganic-supplemented sheep excreta separately, excreta were applied to the soil as either urine only, faeces only, or a combination of faeces and urine, plus there was an untreated control. Measurements include leachate volume; grass yield; soil pH from before, during and after the experimental period; and macro- and micro-nutrient concentrations of soil prior to the experiment (total and available concentrations), grass (total concentrations) and leachate (total concentrations) and soil total carbon and nitrogen after the experiment. Grass was cut on 4 occasions and leachate collected 3 times.