Mike's Soil Test Results - 2017

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costanmv
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Location: Nashville, TN
Grass Type: Fescue
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Mike's Soil Test Results - 2017

Post by costanmv » July 14th, 2017, 11:44 am

Here's the results of my soil test from Logan Labs. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Fescue grass... front yard is established and has been previously maintained by a commercial lawn care company... back yard is newly laid sod and has never been treated. 18k - 20k square feet. Nashville, TN.

Sample Depth - 4''
Total Exchange Capacity Front Yard 12.2. Back Yard 10.96
pH 7.2
Organic Matter. Front 3.21. Back 3.67
Sulfur. Front 7. Back 11
Mehlich III Phosphorus. Front 962. Back 723
Calcium. Front Desired value is 2212. Found 2738. Back desired value is 1986. Found 2459.
Magnesium. Front Desired 234. Found 154. Back Desired 210. Found 150.
Potassium. Front Desired 253. Found 193. Back Desired 227. Found 126.
Sodium. Front 27. Back 28.

Base Saturation %'s
Calcium Front 84.15. Back 84.17
Magnesium Front 7.89. Back 8.56
Potassium. Front 3.04. Back 2.21
Sodium. Front 0.73. Back 0.84
Other Bases 4.2 front and back
Exchangable Hydrongen 0

Trace Elements
Boron Front 0.38. Back 0.49
Iron Front 364. Back 371
Manganese Front 147. Back 82
Copper Front 0.64. Back 0.91
Zinc Front 1.59. Back 2.63
Aluminum Front 1189. Back 838

Particle Size Anlaysis
Clay 27%
Silt 44.4%
Sand 28.6%
Organic Matter 3.21%
Fine Gravel 2mm 0%
Sand Fractions 1mm = 2.3%, 0.25mm = 6.3%, 0.15mm = 4.8%, 0.05mm = 15.2%

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HoosierLawnGnome
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Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Grass Type: Blueberry KBG
Lawn Size: 1 acre-2 acre
Level: Advanced

Re: Mike's Soil Test Results - 2017

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » September 5th, 2017, 9:08 am

Mike - normally we like to work directly with an image so as to remove any translation errors - any way you can do that?

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andy10917
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Location: NY (Lower Hudson Valley)
Grass Type: Emblem KBG (Front); Blueberry KBG Monostand (Back)
Lawn Size: 1 acre-2 acre
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Re: Mike's Soil Test Results - 2017

Post by andy10917 » September 23rd, 2017, 9:00 am

Last call to post the Logan Labs image. Removing the entry in the Soil Test Interpretation Queue - please put it back into the Queue if you are still interested in an Interpretation.

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