%0 Journal Article %T Soil properties of some fruit gardens in the western parts of Avutmu£¿ Creek located in the £¿ebinkarahisar district of the Giresun province %A Bahad£¿r Atmaca %J - %D 2018 %X This study was carried out to determine some properties of surface soil (0¨C30 cm) samples taken from different fruit orchards in the west of Avutmu£¿ Creek, located in the £¿ebinkarahisar district of the Giresun province. While the great majority of the texture classes of the soil samples were identified as sandy clay loam and clay loam, most of the soils found to exhibit neutral soil reactions and all samples were classified as nonsaline. Furthermore, lime content ranged from 0 to 14.83%, and organic matter content ranged from 0.76% to 3.87%. Although some of the soils were found to be unsufficient in phosphorus, it was observed that the soils were generally sufficient in terms of their total nitrogen and potassium contents. All samples contained large amounts of calcium and have sufficient magnesium content, and the copper content of all soil samples were also sufficient. While the majority of soils had high iron content, some deficiencies in zinc and manganese were determined. It was thought that it would be useful to use organic fertilizers, particularly barnyard manure, compost and green manure to reach the adequate levels of the soil properties determined to be insufficient in the study %K Avutmu£¿ £¿ay£¿ %K meyve bah£¿eleri %K toprak analizleri %K toprak verimlili£¿i %K Giresun %K £¿ebinkarahisar %U http://dergipark.org.tr/tbbbd/issue/41828/508688