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BO 69

Farmerville, Louisiana

Element (Mehlich3)

pH (1:1 Water) 5.98

Phosphorus, ppm 313.80

Potassium,ppm 251.60

Calcium,ppm 722.00

Magnesium, ppm 96.10

Sodium, ppm 86.30

Sulfur, ppm 12.79

Copper, ppm 3.12

Zinc, ppm 31.42

11/9/2007 7:44:24 PM

Jordan Rivington (JRO)

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Al Eaton gave me this advice:

P is high. Shoot for <200ppm
K could go up a bit 300-500
Ca needs to go way up 3000-4000ppm
Mg could go up 200-400

Na the lower the better

As for saturations...shoot for:
K= 4 to 7%
Mg = 13 to 18%
Ca = 68 to 72%
CEC = 17 - 22

These ratios depend on soil type, so these are general guidelines. It wouldn't hurt if the Ca was a bit higher percentage, say 80-85.

11/10/2007 10:46:33 AM

BO 69

Farmerville, Louisiana

and the soil type is VERY LIGHT SANDY LOAM

11/12/2007 7:39:46 AM

Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Crawdads and Water Mocassins...yep Your PH could come up a point..but do it slow with lime...More organic matter like compost and manure will bring you other things in to balance.

11/12/2007 8:32:08 PM

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