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Who to believe? UCG report with conflicting info
Comments (12)It can be confusing :-) UCG's have become such a popular gardening additive, they are bound to generate a lot of misinformation......it's the nature of the beast. I'd also agree that the referenced article is less than fully accurate. And concerns regarding the acidity of UCG's have been around for awhile and conform to the same concerns and misbeliefs other "acidic" soil amendments generate. Much like other sources of acidic organic matter, that acidic contribution to the soil is limited. Just like pine straw, oak leaves, etc., the high acidic content of UCG's is present only when very fresh, leaches insignificantly into the soil when used as a mulch and if incorporated into the soil or added to compost, is rapidly neutralized. In short, any acidic content is highly unstable if it exists at all and cannot be considered a significant contributor to altering soil pH. Here is a link that might be useful: the myth of coffee grounds...See MoreConflicting soil test results
Comments (23)To me it looks, feels, and (most importantly) behaves like sand (at least in terms of drainage)... but I can definitely form a ball with it and it ribbons, which is a clear indication of clay. No, I don't detect any silt or clay by feel or appearance. And like I said before, the jar test settles to a nearly homogeneous sample of sand with a very tiny layer of either silt or clay. There is no 3rd layer to tell which it is, but I think its silt and the cloudy remains in the water (after > 24 hours) is clay. So in my latest jar (graduated beaker) I have 42 mm of sand and 4 mm of probably silt and I doubt the clay layer, if I can ever even measure it, would come to a single mm. That works out to 90% sand, 9% silt and 1% clay. Fully consistent with the behavior I see with drainage and what I've always thought I had. As I said in the beginning of this thread... I'm just confused because trying to confirm that with a feel test gives me an indication of the complete opposite. It makes me wonder if there's some 4th factor... some mineral or something, that perhaps is heavy like sand (so it settles and drains) but binds the particles when wet. I have no idea really. Again, I guess it really doesn't matter. It needs compost as a first step. Then I can start over....See MoreWhat to do about conflicting reports on foods?
Comments (5)They are conflicting because one is just giving you low sodium and one is just giving you low fat info- some people just need to be on a low salt like people with high blood pressure and some just need to be on low fat like for gallbladder probs. If you want to use creamer they do have fat free half and half and all my patients think it tastes pretty good- just like with milk though watch the sodium a bit- also for the egg whites- yes they have about 100 mg of sodium but they are still recommended for coronary's because the cholesterol issue is usually more important than the sodium issue depending on whether he has CHF or high blood pressure- only a select percentage get results with a low sodium diet helping BP but they still recommend it for everyone in case you are one of those few. They have done enough studies now that show the cholesterol in the yolks doesn't affect the cholesterol in the body so i imagine in a few years they are going to tell you yolks are ok again....See MoreSoil report Logan labs
Comments (3)Well, you're coming along beautifully! We've been over most of this before, so I'll skip to the stuff that needs work. Calcium, back only, 60%: Still a bit low. I wouldn't mind seeing the front come up a tad, but the back could come up far more than that. While a pH of 6.1 is not a problem, I'd like more Ca available to the lawn. Recommendations below, and as always, it's for a fast-acting calcitic lime. Potassium 2.6%, 3.8%: The back's fine, really, although I made one kick to that. The front is short. Use potassium sulfate. I'm not sure what to make of the boron results here. :-) For this year, let's just ride it. The front looks fine, the back seems a bit short, but the grass won't really notice. Recommendations: May 1: Apply 8 pounds per thousand calcitic lime to back only. Apply 2 pounds per thousand calcitic lime to front. May 15: Apply 2 pounds per thousand square feet of potassium sulfate to entire lawn. September 1: Apply 2 pounds per thousand square feet of potassium sulfate to front only. October 1: Apply 8 pounds per thousand calcitic lime to back only. October 15: Apply 2 pounds per thousand square feet of potassium sulfate to front only....See MoreThe Jungle Explorer
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