Soil Preparation and Analysis
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Subject: Soil Test Results
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farmergal |
New England
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I didn't prep my soil at all last year because of a very late start. I dumped well-composted manure, added 10 bags of coffee grounds on the patch area and tilled in the grass. Plants grew pretty well despite the lack of prep. I sent my soil sample out to UMass last week and received the results back. What are your thoughts and what should be added?
Soil PH: 5.6 Phosphorous: 9.0 Potassium: 140 Calcium: 584 Magnesium: 116 Sulfur: 23 Boron: .3 Manganese: 2.3 Zinc: 2.2 Copper. .1 Iron: 15.6 Aluminum: 161 Lead: .5
Cation Exch. Capacity, meq/100g: 12.6 Exch. Acidity, meq/100g: 8.4 Calcium Base Saturation: 23 Magnesium Base Saturation: 8 Potassium Base Saturation: 3
Scoop Density, g/cc: .99
Soil Organic Matter (LOI), %: 9.2 Soluble Salts (1:2), dS/m : .17 Nitrate, ppm: 34
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11/4/2013 9:28:08 AM
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cojoe |
Colorado
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Try to raise ph up to 6.5 to 6.8 by adding lime.Raise your Ca and Mg. Want to keep a ca/mg of 7;1.can use gypsum for ca and Epsom salts for mg.I like to raise iron to 50 ppm. use iron sulfate for that
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11/4/2013 11:54:39 AM
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cojoe |
Colorado
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That's if those numbers are ppm
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11/4/2013 12:00:19 PM
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Bry |
Glosta
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apply 50# of dolomitic lime and 50# of calcitic lime ( low in mag content) per 1000 sq feet. the change in PH will mess with the availability of everything so retest in the spring and adjust from there.
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11/4/2013 5:33:00 PM
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