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Organic Matter, % 3.6
Phosphorus, ppm P 168
Potassium, ppm K 190
Magnesium, ppm Mg 365
Calcium, ppm Ca 2050
Sodium, ppm Na 25
Cation Exchange Capacity,
meq/100g 13.9
pH 7.1
Soluble Salts, mmho/cm 0.1
Sulfur, ppm S 10
Zinc, ppm Zn 8.1
Iron, ppm Fe 58
Manganese, ppm Mn 61
Copper, ppm Cu 2.2
Boron, ppm B 0.6

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2nd try

What would you do with this patch?

1/5/2010 12:33:04 AM

Youngsville, LA

Aparently I sent my samples off too the wrong A & L labs. $30 per sample from this one didnt tell me anything more than the $7 per sample I paid last year too LSU told me.

I used the A & L Great Lakes in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (for the last time)

Didnt even give me a classification for soil type this time.

1/5/2010 12:40:11 AM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

Brodie

did they give you any base saturation numbers?

My first reaction is that you need a bunch of well rotted manure. Did you add anything in the fall after the test was taken?

John

1/5/2010 6:47:41 AM

Colorado Springs, CO

Consider communicating with Texas Plant and Soil Lab, in Edinburgh, TX. They employ a Carbon Dioxide extraction process as this manner replicates the way plants naturally take up nutrients in any type of soil medium.

www.tpsl.biz , or (956) 383-0739, contact and discuss the details. Ask for either of two men there, a Noel G. or Wayne T. Say that Ross (with Soil Mender Products) from the recent ACRES conference referred them to you.

Every test report is a moment-in-time assessment, and it is encumbent upon the grower to test periodically, within a set of consistency parameters, and to know the progressive amendment sequences that have been applied to affect all test report numbers over time. You need to know the trend-line (avg./mean)of respective numbers based on what one has done through fertilization, compost amending and harvests.

1/5/2010 12:07:22 PM