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Comments (1)Package 2 because organic matter improves whatever soil type you may have and it is nice to know what your starting with....See MoreQuantity of soil ammendments as per soil test results?
Comments (11)I also thought that lettuce was shallow rooted until I read this. LETTUCE < The development of the root system during the intervening period of 4 weeks was remarkable (Fig. 94). The taproots had extended their depths from about 3.5 feet to the 6- to 7.5-foot level. As before, however, relatively few long branches originated below the first 10 inches. The large laterals, which formerly had reached a depth of only about 2 feet, now extended well into the fourth foot of soil. Some occupied the fifth foot also, and a few of the longest reached a depthof over 6 feet. That growth was still occurring was shown by the long, unbranched, turgid root ends. The number of branches filling the soil was much greater than formerly and sublaterals were much more abundant. The total spread, however, had not been increased since the preceding examination. Thus a volume of soil, with a surface area of over 9 square feet and a depth of at least 5 feet-nearly 50 cubic feet-was thoroughly ramified by the roots of a single plant.> ROOT DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETABLE CROPS...See MoreSoil test and mysterious jar test results - dying lawn
Comments (16)A 6.1 pH in a soil that fizzes (free calcium/Magnesium carbonate). No anomaly that would produce that comes to mind. Don't bother with a AA test. It's not going to be beneficial this year. We'll assume that all the soil is 8.4 pH and you can retest next year with AA. I don't like making recommendations at the 3-6" level for turf but here goes: Everything in your soil is not only above minimum levels, but decently into sufficient and some even at optimal levels EXCEPT Phosphorous which is detrimentally deficient ( your turf probably did well the first couple of years because sod farms pound their turf with P and you used up the residual that was present). In fact. P is well below critical. Potassium (K) and Boron are also a bit low. but we only need to keep an eye on B and kick K up. It's Phosphorous though, big time. The clay is going to be a real PITA. Edited: Before we go forward: Are you willing/can you afford to aerate twice this year? Can you find/want to pay for Triple fertilizer (10-10-10, 12-12-12, etc) ? Can you find/want to pay for Triplesuper Phosphate ? Can you find/want to pay for Sulfate of Potash/Potassium Sulfate/Sop? Can you find/want to pay for Milorganite (5-4-0) ?...See MoreSoil Test Results - April 2017
Comments (29)I think it should be done 0-4, removing thatchy stuff and anything obviously organic (roots, worms, etc.). You are testing to see what there in 0-4 and how can you tell what's actually there if you exclude 3/4 of it? There are amendments in the upper inches that haven't worked their way down. Shouldn't you know what's there? If you only send in that one inch, you really ought to report it as 1 inch instead of 4. The lab reports what's in that one inch as if it were representative of the whole 4 inches if you report it as 4. But that one inch isn't necessarily representative of the whole 4 inch profile. Andy's reasoning (and he can explain it better himself) is that he is most interested in that particular inch (3-4) as it's where a lot of the roots are. He then projects shortages over a 6 inch profile, in effect saying if it's short in that one inch, it's short over 6 inches and we should make amendments for the 6 inch profile. He and I disagree on this. He's got his way and it works for him. The rest of the world does it the conventional way (0-whatever depth you're testing) and it makes sense to me to do it 0-4. The labs' calibrations for making recommendations (when you ask them to make recommendations) assume it's done the conventional way....See Moreyardtractor1
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