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President - GPC

I have a new patch that I ammended last year with 2 yards of diary cow in the fall, it was about 8" deep, 20' X 20'. The spring test shows Ph of 8.1, Damn thats high. Has anyone ever felt that manure could have a very high Ph when adding? ALthough this is a new patch Im quite surprised that the Ph is this high Im not sure the tiller got down into the real dirt mixing it up......

4/9/2007 9:57:50 AM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

I have had this happen in the past. It was after I had added the manure to my garden that I found out that the farmer I got it from limed his manure pit.

4/9/2007 10:41:33 AM

President - GPC

Well isnt that special, now we need to do soil tests on manure too.....lol

4/9/2007 12:02:23 PM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

Wiz,

Hmmm... I would find it odd for lime to be used in our part of the country. I wonder where the manure came from?

4/9/2007 5:49:36 PM

Ontario

Manure I find does raise ph. I have had a ph of 8.0 in the spring and then its 6.9 in the fall. Not to worry wiz, its all the cow wiz that effects the ph, lol, once it breaks down the ph will come down or up is the correct term.

drew

4/9/2007 10:30:06 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

I have a family member who runs a huge Feed lot in the midwest, He told me that they add salt and a few other secret minerals to make the animal weigh more (since they sell by hundred weight) salt and other related help add water weight.

Plus he said that, sometimes the retilizer and other chemicals from hay, siledge. Also the mash from alcohol plants, but he didn't know how it effects the ph.

4/9/2007 10:40:43 PM