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Going Green

This garden is 30 feet wide by 200 foot long! I did soil samples on the south edge of the garden east end and south edge of the garden west end!

Results are:

3.0 Organic Matter 5.7
14 Nitrate-n PPM 46
9 P1 Phosphorus 98
30 P2 105
158 potassium 702
509 magnesium 561
2025 calcium 1953
16 sulfur 23
3.3 zinc 10.7
14 manganese 29
100 iron 99
1.4 copper 1.9
0.6 boron 0.7
47 sodium 70
0.2 soulable salts 0.6
L EXCESS LIME L
5.9 PH 6.6
6.6 BUFFER INDEX 6.8

2.2 K% 10.2
23.4 MG% 26.6
55.9 CA% 55.9
17.4 H% 6.0
1.1 NA% 1.7

18.1 CEC 17.6


ANY SUGGESTIONS?

4/9/2009 6:19:13 PM

Going Green

The numbers to our left are west end of garden and the middle says what it is an analsis of such as Organic Matter and the second set of numbers same line is east end of garden! I hope that eliminates confusion!

4/9/2009 6:26:35 PM

Colorado Springs, CO

I made a remark to your other posting first....and now I see these numbers ! North, south, east, west. At least you are focusing on multiple locations and not just one....yet one can see how certain frustration can occur.

When in doubt stay with the compost enhancement and adding those natural supplements that FEED the microbial activity in (any normal) soil. Microbes, beneficial "bugs" in the soil, enzymes, humic acids, earthworms, and more mature and properly-cured composts will make that soil better than any suite of "chemicals" as so guided by lab test results !

Avoid the traditional pelletal-bead chemical fertilizers !

4/11/2009 11:13:51 PM

Going Green

So if I am understanding you correctly....you are saying do not add gypsum or whatever. Instead add additional compost and test again! Is that correct?

and as for suite of "chemicals" as so guided by lab test results I have no desire to spend $140 per gallon to correct any defiancy any lab test may discover. This garden is relatively new as I broke sod last year and this year and with ammendments will be my pumpkin garden in 2010. As for this year I am raising vegetables here in 2009.

4/12/2009 5:20:13 PM