The ionic composition of the soil solution is of great importance for monitoring the availability of nutrients and fertilizer management, as well as processes of environmental contamination. Thus, the most viable methods to estimate the composition of the soil solution are well accepted in the literature. This study aims to evaluate the performance of the extraction methods by saturation paste, porous extractor cups and soil:water relations of 1:2, 1:5 and 1:10, with and without filtering process. Samples of Fluvic Neossol were used in PVC columns and saturated with solutions corresponding to 0, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110 and 120 mmol c L-1 NaCl, in randomized block design with four replications. The extractors with porous cup are indicated to extract the soil solution for monitoring the electrical conductivity, osmotic potential and ionic composition. The aqueous extract in different soil:water ratio has a potential use for the extraction and subsequent characterization of the aqueous phase of soil. The filtering process can be discarded when the intention is only to determine the electrical conductivity.
osmotic potential; extracting porous cups; soil:water relations
