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South of Buffalo

Here are my test results Plants had main vine only no secondary vines, about 50-75 leaves . Patch is 10' wide by about 40'long but pumpkins were only in about a 10 by 10 space. I just added about 2 yards of chicken manuer and 2 yards of compostthis week. ANY THOUGHTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED
Organic matter 14.2
Nitrogen 24
Phosphorus weak brey 188
Phosphorus 117
Potassium 841
Magnesium 560
Calcium 3320
Sodium 66
Sulfer 29
Zinc 6.2
Manganese 3
Iron 50
Copper 2.9
Boron 1

%K 9.1
%Mg 19.5
%ca 70.2
%na 1.2

PH 7.2 CEC 23.6 Ece .6
Rec: N .2

9/23/2010 7:39:48 PM

Cedar Lake, IN.

I wished my test results looked as good as yours.

9/24/2010 1:25:20 PM

milford, CT,

Jeff, Throw on your cover crop and re-test in the spring...Looks like your soil is in a good shape..make whatever small adjustments in the spring...

9/24/2010 3:28:25 PM

South of Buffalo

after comparing to several books and on this web site i agree the soil seems good. These values are pre compost and chicken manuer so the spring test shoudl be good. cant figure out why i had such poor plant and pumpkin growth despite all other plants in teh same garden doing well. I have to look to the seed as being the problem.

9/25/2010 9:40:46 PM

Buffalo, New York

Jeff, where did you get your compost from?

10/1/2010 12:06:34 PM