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Soil Preparation and Analysis
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Subject: Just got soil test back.. pls help
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Brodie |
Youngsville, LA
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Here is the 1st test before adding manure and "sugar soil"
Pumpkin pH (1:1 Water) 5.74 Optimum Phosphorus, ppm 8.17 Very Low Potassium, ppm 79.33 Low Calcium, ppm 741.57 Low Magnesium, ppm 172.25 Very High Sodium, ppm 15.02 Optimum Sulfur, ppm 16.10 High Copper, ppm 1.86 High Zinc, ppm 0.63 Low Value Element (Mehlich3) RECOMMENDATION Crop Form Units: lb/A Nitrogen Phosphate Potash pumpkin 80-120 150 120
Here is the 2nd test after manure and "sugar soil" was tilled in.
Pumpkin pH (1:1 Water) 6.78 High Phosphorus, ppm 248.76 Very High Potassium, ppm 478.30 Very High Calcium, ppm 2,471.90 Very High Magnesium, ppm 348.89 Very High Sodium, ppm 58.21 Optimum Sulfur, ppm 38.00 High Copper, ppm 2.75 High Zinc, ppm 5.39 High Value Element (Mehlich3) RECOMMENDATION Crop Form Units: lb/A Nitrogen Phosphate Potash pumpkin 80-120 60 60
Any recommendations? This is my first year so comments to let me know how it is would be great.
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3/13/2008 11:19:22 PM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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What is "sugar soil"?
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3/15/2008 11:48:31 PM
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Brodie |
Youngsville, LA
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A local garden and landscaper supplier here called "Live Oak Gardens" puts it together. Its a mix of soil washed off of the sugar cane and bag ash from the sugar mill. This is mixed with lots of fresh shrimp shells and composted for at least a year. It has a high ph of 8-9 so it must be mixed or adjusted.
I added 4 yards of composted horse manure and 4 yards of "sugar soil" to my 3000sq ft patch.
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3/16/2008 11:07:46 AM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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Your pH says "optimum" at 5.7 which I find very low. If you hadn't just added all those amendments I'd recommend lime. Now that it's at 6.8 I'd leave it alone. The rest looks good. Grow well!
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3/16/2008 8:22:36 PM
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