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Westmoreland, KS

I am working on a new patch for next year. Here is my soil test http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=246090

It is the North Patch. First what is the best way to lower my PH and than how can i start to get everything balanced?

Any and all help is much appreciated.

Thanks all

8/20/2015 3:38:47 PM

President - GPC

Elemental Sulphur to lower the Ph....

8/20/2015 3:51:17 PM

Westmoreland, KS

this stuff? how much for 2000 square feet?
http://www.amazon.com/Soil-Mender-Elemental-Sulfur-lb/dp/B004GXYB6G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1440105898&sr=8-2&keywords=elemental+sulfur

8/20/2015 5:25:43 PM

President - GPC

Soil Mender is good stuff.. but Pricey.... You need 50 pound bags... do you have a local AG Supply? They would have it for around $20 a 50LB bag... Half on now, TEST, > half on again in the Spring...

8/21/2015 5:32:11 PM

President - GPC

Its a process....soil biology needs to break it down, slow and steady... you cannot adjust it all at once...It will take time... but the sooner you start, the sooner it works...I have dropped my Ph down from 7.9 to 6.8 over 9 years.

8/21/2015 5:52:01 PM

Alberta

Just a guess..your ph ain't all that high, you could just add several bales of peat, your om ain't all that high..so before I added sulphur I would raise om with peat..and that should bring ph down with it.
If you can catch Cecil or Bry they are both very good with Bry's soil calculator and could maybe tell you how many bales

8/21/2015 6:19:50 PM

Westmoreland, KS

Awesome advice guys...it is a new patch and I hope to slowly get my soil where I want it...I think I will try some sulfur this fall with a good cover crop and then a soil test in the spring with some peat

8/22/2015 11:31:26 PM

Colorado

Sulfur is a good way to go. Plants consume it heavily. Its a relatively major micro nutrient.

9/14/2015 11:34:55 AM