Re: soil test help
Thanks for your reply. When you say wood ash. Do you literally mean ash
from burnt wood? I had no idea it added any value to soil!
----- Original Message -----
From: "vince" <anaid_tecuod@yahoo.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: soil test help
> That's the best looking soil report I've seen in a long time.
> Let me make a few comments on it.
>
> The high CEC value means that your soil can hang on to more
> nutriants than lower CEC soils so I wouldn't worry about the
> surplus P, K and Mg. Your K, Ca and Mg are in almost perfect
> balance with K just under the ideal range. and Mg and Ca at the
> top of the ideal range. The ideal base saturation is K: 5%-7%,
> Mg: 10%-15% and Ca: 70%-80%
>
> If you wanted to try to fine tune the catonic balance you could
> add 1 pound per 200 square feet of wood ash or sulfate of
> potash. Go easy on this stuff as you can hurt the soil with
> too much. Also keep in mind, that every year you need to add
> some organic matter to keep the OM reading high.
>
> Good luck,
>
> vince
>
> --- chad morse <jmorse2@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> > Heello! I just received the results back from my soil test
> > and was wondering
> > if anyone can help.
> >
> > Ph- 7.2
> >
> > pounds per acre available nutrients
> >
> > P-765
> > K-1042
> > Ca-9351
> > Mg-994
> >
> > % o.m.- 12.7
> >
> > CEC- 28.9
> >
> >
> > % base saturation
> >
> > K= 4.6
> > Ca-81
> > Mg-14
> > pounds per acre available nutrients
> >
> > Zn- 22.9
> > Mn-10
> > Cu- 14
> > Fe-131
> > S-61
> >
> > According to the interpretation, I have surplus P and K and
> > Mg
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> > Thanks and good luck!
> > Chad
>
>
>
>
>
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