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Fairport,NY

I was just wondering when would be a adequate time frame to get my second soil sample? would it have been long enough now to get a accurate read as far as enough time for the ammendments I added in the Fall to do there thing? I was going to wait till the end of March but i am anxious to see were it is at? I obvious will need alittle more warm-up to get the soil soft enough to take a deep enough sample (6"?)because it is still frozen and snow covered
Any input would be great..
Thanks
Bumkin
Thanks
Bumkin

2/25/2008 12:20:09 PM

Picton,ON (j.vincent@xplornet.ca)

You should wait untill the frost is all out of the ground to give you the best reading. I wait until it has dried out enough that I am not sampleing mud. Also be sure to use a plastic pail. Collect 6" deep samples from several areas of the patch and combine to get a composite sample.

2/25/2008 8:08:21 PM