Rich G Soil Test 2019

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reggie517
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Rich G Soil Test 2019

Post by reggie517 » April 18th, 2019, 10:29 am

Here are the results of my soil test for this spring.

I have a 9000 sq ft lawn mostly TTTF with some KGB.

Good news is all my numbers are up thanks to last years soil test and custom plan given to me by Andy!

This is what I did last year.

Sol-u-Cal every 90 days (3#/1k) with 2#/1k of epsom salts
3 tablespoons of Copper & Boron per 1K every 60 days
Pot Sulfate every month 2#/1k
Urea every 2 weeks at 1#/1k
Dimension 0-0-7 in Apr and Jul




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andy10917
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Re: Rich G Soil Test 2019

Post by andy10917 » April 20th, 2019, 9:21 am

I'd say that the plan is working and you should stick with it in 2019.

The numbers are rising, and that's good. But a bit of advice - the numbers representing the shortages are not really my targets for you. They are artificially low because the low TEC. This will peter out if you don't get the OM to rise - that takes continued work. The OM% number isn't terrible, but without an OM that is higher, your mineral component is almost beach sand. You'll lose lots to leaching unless we get that OM% as high as possible.

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Re: Rich G Soil Test 2019

Post by reggie517 » April 20th, 2019, 11:18 am

What do you recommend to raise the OM? Milogrante or bayside fertilizer?

I appreciate the help and thanks again

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Re: Rich G Soil Test 2019

Post by andy10917 » April 20th, 2019, 1:06 pm

Milorganite would work - if you bought a few thousand bags. It takes 20,000 lbs of raw organic matter to raise the OM% by 1% per acre of soil (2,000,000 lbs of soil per acre, to a depth of 6").

You can use all the leaves you can possibly compost for years, and peat moss and other sources and if you work hard it will rise by 0.5% per year. That will be middle-stage OM. Final stage OM is a small fraction of that.

It is not possible to raise OM practically from anything in a bag. You could try humic/fulvic acids, which are final stage OM, but that's $$$$.

The real answer is to shred and apply many inches of leaves annually, volumes of coffee grounds and spent distiller grains, etc and it will still take a long time. There are no practical short-cuts.

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