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I just had my first soil test done and was wondering if some of you might be able to help me understand it and give me a little advise.

Organic Matter 8.1VH192
Phosphorus
(weak bray) 238VH
(olsen method) 12M
Potassium 375H
Magnesium 438h
Calcium 2374M
Sodium 30VL
PH 6.8
Hydrogen 0.5
Cation Exchange Cap. 17.1
Percent Cation Saturation (computed)
K% MG% CA% H% NA%
5.6 21.1 69.5 3.0 0.8
Nitrogen 49VH
Sulfer 15M
Zinc 37.2VH
Manganese 5M
Iron 49VH
Copper 1.6H
Boron 0.8M
Excess Lime Rate L
Soluable Salts 0.9M

Thanks in advance for the help,

Mike

11/17/2002 5:14:16 PM

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Supplemental Calcium from Calcium Nitrate would be nice around fruit set. Everything else looks good to me. It's times like this though that it would be nice to see the results from some of the HH's.

I get paid to interpret soil test results & design fertility programs for TURFGRASS. But for exteme pumpkin growing, it's a different ball game all together.

Steve

11/17/2002 5:45:12 PM

No Place Special

one more thing. AFTER this test was sent off, I added 2 full pickup truck loads of Horse Manure, 1 full pickup load of cow manure, and 2 full truck loads of leaves. I have tilled all this up about 5 times within the last 3 weeks and may till it one more time next weekend. My patch is 1000 sqft. Any predictions on how my post season alterations will affect my soil results and what I may be requiring in the spring? Thanks Again. Mike

11/17/2002 5:53:12 PM

canal winchester ohio

Mike be careful not to overtill or the nutrients from the manure will leach out quicker......

11/17/2002 5:56:19 PM

ontario

calcium needs to go up re-base saturation....

11/17/2002 8:34:12 PM

Deer Park WA

Mike, I just look at my soil and go OH Crap! off to the dairy, the muncipal leafe dump, the swamp land out back, and start hauling in the goodies! I did do a pH test and they came back at 6.5 or so, Seriously dig it deep bro!

11/17/2002 8:45:36 PM

Caceres, Spain

Hey Mike, if I know a little on soils, I say yours has fine numbers indeed, guy! Only nitrogen was low, but use to be in fall, and with the later manure additions it will be fabulous next year. I think you should add only calcium nitrate (as Tremor said) and a little of slow release complet fertilizer (like osmocote) in spring prior to planting.
Mi soil (granitic) use to need calcium, magnesium and pottasium every year.
Don

11/18/2002 5:02:53 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Got another for the soil guys...I just got my fall soil sample tests back...I left my spring and last fall results in the office so I can't do comparisons but they have a "Lime Requirement Index" in this one that I don't recall in the previous ones... according to Adams-Evans buffer value its a 7.95 ...a value near 8 indicates poorly buffered soil value near 7 are hightly buffered? spring test said not to add lime because the calcium was out of whack... this test sez PH is 6.3 but not to add lime again as I'm in the optimum range for pumpkins...Any ideas on that Adams-Evans stuff?
Chuck

11/18/2002 6:14:23 PM

No Place Special

Thanks for the ideas, Mike

11/18/2002 6:52:26 PM