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Garden State Pumpkins

After over a month waiting on the soil test I just received them back. Very disappointed with the information and how they display it. After seeing all your A&L lab reports I think they give much more information.

Sample A- Old Patch

soil type- Silt Loam
PH 6.75
lime requirement index 7.70 (adams-evans LRI) ???
Macro nutrients lbs/acre
P 108 optimum
K 313 above opt
mag 766 above opt
Cal 6465 above opt
by Mehlich 3 extraction
Micros PPM
zinc 18
copper 3.9
Mang 52
Boron 4.6
iron 325
all listed as adequate but iron was High

electrical conductivity sol salt 0.15 mmho/cm satisfactory
loss on ignition OM 21.78% Organic Carbon 12.63%

recommendation
P and K are to high...No LIme, add 13 lbs of 15-0-0 and 5 lbs of 0-20-0

Seems funny to me that they warn that my P is to high and tell me to add it in....Also I have no CEC information. for base saturation...I think there are formulas for this somewhere but you would think it would be here.

Thanks any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated..will do the next patch in next post...OM is crazy there.
Chuck

4/5/2008 12:43:42 PM