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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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EndlessTrail
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Fresno, CA
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Post I just made to Soil Prep forum..
Outkast says 'Now what's cooler than bein' cool? Ice Cold'. So I ask what's more excessive than bein' excessive? Apparently 'excessive drainage' is more than 1" of water percolated into soil per hour. I did some testing based on instructions in the book 'Secrets to Good Soil' and we had literally one inch PER MINUTE! I started with 11" inches of H20 in both of my pits (one dry, one moist). All 11 inches of H20 were gone in less than 11 minutes (I was supposed to take measurements at 1hr, 2hr, & 3hr. I also did a poor man's soil texture test (sedimentation layers) and found my soil has over 95% sand. According to NRCS soil survey I have sandy loam, but I'm thinking it's more like silty sand. So now that I know I have crazy drainage, do you have any suggestions on how much compost, manure to add in Fall to have sufficient organic matter? Last test through A&L labs showed only 3.5% organic matter before I added 1.5 yards of well composted (no smell) manure last Fall for a 240 sq foot patch.
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