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Nova Scotia

i just did a ph test on my garden which read about 8. i was woundring how much sulpher i should add to my 1000square foot garden? as well my potash test showed nothing which i find hard to beleive considering when i made this garden, almost an 8th of it's content was ash. i would like to raise this level organicaly as well. i have more ash, so i could i use this and just use more sulfer with it?

12/27/2003 7:46:46 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Mr.T

Was the Potash test one that you did yourself?
I tried a kit some years ago and always got the same result whatever I tested.

12/27/2003 12:27:43 PM

Nova Scotia

ya axe it was a home kit, no labratorys in my country.

12/27/2003 2:30:51 PM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

My soil was tested in the U.S. this Autumn,you could probably do the same.If you can then a detailed test is well worth doing.I had high pH and low Calcium they told me it was high Potassium and Sodium levels keeping the pH up.
Seaweed is high in potassium (and probably Sodium as well)

12/27/2003 5:41:48 PM

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Mr.T, What would it cost to mail a cupful of soil to me? I'll send it to our commercial lab.

Steve

12/27/2003 6:59:29 PM

Nova Scotia

Tremor it would not cost me much and i would be very appriciative email me your address and any information i may need. [email protected]

12/27/2003 9:37:46 PM

Md/ Usa

the answer is simple reason ashes are basic in ph.
there bye lowing ph ever time you add the potash rich ashes. You might try to find another potash source.

12/27/2003 9:42:05 PM

Montoursville, PA

It seems that jock strap chemistry is in order here. Testing is a supporting factor but Matfox is right on target. My fair warning is that knee jerk symptom treating is not a very good way to slowly achieve biological ballances and a healthier soil.

More often the question followed by modest adjustment in practices will yeild the time for natural ballances to rebuild themselves. We make error, we add or deduct excesses. Jumpping back and forth is likely to rock the boat to a sinking condition. Carefully leaning one direction or another seems a safer more intellegent route.

I don't see anything that manures, and the elements of compost used in moderation will not correct if the enemy is indeed the ashes used in excess of need. Reading the test specifics beyond salts and PH while trying to make a quick fix just has never worked very well at all.

"Hold the ashes and pass the gooder stuff applied with moderation". It's amazing sometimes what those basic heathy soil elements will achieve without any help from you or I.

12/28/2003 10:10:39 AM

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The ashes are *raising* soil pH. So more alkaline. Like lime. Quicker though. This is why his pH is so high.

12/28/2003 2:42:18 PM