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St. Louis, MO

I got my soil test back from A&L Labs. Any recomendations would be greatly appreciated. The bed is about 600 sq ft.

All amounts are in LB/Acre unless otherwise stated.

PH 6.9
P 182
K 420
Ca 8548
Mg 376
S 1766
B 5.6
Cu 15.2
Fe 344
Mn 396
Zn 35.4
Na 62

OM % 5.3 ENR 150

CCEC 19.3 meq/100g

%K 2.6
%Ca 87.5
%Mg 7.5
%H 1.5
%Na 0.7

K:Mg 0.34

I believe the Mg is on the low side. Any thoughts?

I try to stay organic.

Thanks, Paul

10/27/2004 11:39:53 PM

San Diego

your calcium is off the charts! heheh along with your iron and mangenese. I'm not sure if they can be toxic, but they are way high:) ph is great though, organic matter ok. with your calcium so high, your ratio of magnesium, potassium, calcium is off. Not sure what to do about it, any experts know? Best wishes, jimmy

10/28/2004 12:26:42 AM

San Diego

forgot to say zinc is way high too.

10/28/2004 12:27:25 AM

Puyallup, WA

With an Iron reading of 344, I'd say that you must be growing on a bed of rusty nails! Should produce some mighty "heavy" pumpkins! :>)

10/28/2004 12:40:38 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

Hmmm.....I keep seeing others soil test results but mine are much different, and no terribly devastating effects this year...unless alot of splits is abnormal, but that was quite prevalent with many folks.
These *are* correct. They've been done numerous times in 2004 and always about the same.

Soil test results of July 12, 2004

Patch #1...in parts per million (ppm)

pH= 6.82
N= 7323
P= 2557
K= 2880
Calcium= 15,245
Magnesium= 2491
Sulphur= 2812
Iron= 6109
Manganese= 374
Zinc= 83.6
Copper= 47.5
Boron= 12.8
Sodium= 725
Soluble salts= 165
Carbon:Nitrogen ratio= 16:73

Patch #2

pH= 6.63
N= 3080
P= 1241
K= 1113
Calcium= 8772
Magnesium= 1422
Sulphur= 1441
Iron= 5497
Manganese= 170
Zinc= 42.2
Copper= 23.9
Boron= 5.66
Sodium= 319
Soluble salts= 118
C:N= 15:96
Carbon= 49,149

Forgot to note that Patch #1 carbon is 122,540

Front yard....

pH= 5.45
N= 1776
P= 268
K= 283
Calcium= 1911
Magnesium= 401
Sulphur= 270
Iron= 2963
Manganese= 183
Zinc= 8.73
Copper= 3.44
Boron= 2.89
Sodium= 166
Soluble salts= 33
C:N= 12:10
Carbon= 21,491

10/28/2004 1:44:58 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

I'd apply about a pound of K20 & grow grow grow!

Add some more organic materials too. Aged Horse would do it.

Some growers are blessed. Farmer Braun is one.

10/28/2004 8:08:09 AM