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Petaluma,CA

Everything looks to be balanced but I am not 100% sure. I am worried about the high sulfur. Any help would be great.

OM: 6.9%
Phosphorus: 103 ppm (WB) 48ppm (OM)
Potassium: 378 ppm
Magnesium: 201 ppm
Calcium: 1978 ppm
Sodium: 33 ppm
Nitrogen: 24 ppm
Sulfur: 787 ppm
Zinc: 5.5 ppm
Manganese: 4 ppm
Iron: 27 ppm
Copper: 0.6 ppm
Boron: 0.8 ppm
Soluble Salts: 2.2

C.E.C: 14.4
K: 6.7%
Mg: 11.5%
Ca: 68.7%
H: 12%
Na: 1%
PH: 6.2
Buffer 6.8

thanks

3/27/2012 6:27:27 PM

Muddy Waters

You need to raise your calcium & PH. You better talk to an X-Purt before you add anything.

3/27/2012 10:11:42 PM

Western PA

You will probably want to put down dolomitic lime asap. I believe the dolomitic lime also contains calcium, but am not certain on that. How much, I can't help you there either, without your patch size.

I would take Handy's advice and call someone. There should be a # to call on your test results.
Still plenty of time to get some lime down.

One thing I can tell you from experience last year, you will not grow any BIG pumpkins with your ph that low.I would tell the lab you would like to raise it to 7.3.

3/28/2012 7:58:03 AM

Bowdon, GA

Lime has many different ratios of cal to mag. depending on the source. Calcitic having the most cal. And dolomitic having the highest concentration of mag. Although dolomitic still has more cal than mag. If your Ca,Mg,K ratio is balanced you want to use a lime with a similar ratio of Ca to Mg. If Ca percent to low use calcitic to reach a balance with mg, then finish off with balanced lime. Looks like you need to use a balanced lime, and follow recommendations on your report to get ph right for the crop your growing. With your ph at 6.2 that should raise your ca and mag quiet a bit. Call the lab for amounts.

10/9/2012 11:56:30 PM