Re: soil test
Hi Don,
Looks like you need to knock back on the sauce a little. Most
of the main ingredients are off the charts. Calcium is way
high. I would avoid throwing any more concentrated stuff in
the patch for a while, except for some N. Find some urea or
other 30-0-0 source of N because you don't need anymore P or K.
This report doesn't include Organic Matter, but the decent CEC
number suggests that OM is probably ok. Top organic soils have
a CEC reading of around 30 (Mine is 28.3 this year), so you
could could also consider adding some good quality, well-aged
compost. Last year I spread about an inch on top of the patch
after the plants were in and the plant seemed to love it.
best of luck this year, I'm going out to do my final tilling
right now!
vince
--- Don Chambers <dec@stratuswave.net> wrote:
> Would anyone want to help decipher this one or suggest any
> recommendations?
> I'm very high in most minerals except last year I showed low
> in iron. I added
> ironite yesterday.
> Soil Test results back from WVU:
> pH: 7.0
> N: Low
> P: 209 VHI
> K: 965 VHI
> Ca: 7238 VHI
> Mg: 558 VHI
> Available K Ca Mg H CEC&BS
> MEQ/100 G 1.2 18.1 2.3 0.0 22
> % SAT. 6 84 11 0 101
> L.R. 0 Not limed in last 12 months.
>
> Thanks, Don
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