Darkcrisis' Parents 2018 Soil Test

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Darkcrisis' Parents 2018 Soil Test

Post by darkcrisis » March 9th, 2018, 12:15 pm

Hello ST6,

I’m back for a 3rd time to ask for a soil interpretation for my Parent’s TTTF lawn. I’ve got 2 full seasons working on correcting this lawn under my belt and it is amazing. It puts my lawn to shame.

In 2017 I applied 2lb/K of TSP several times throughout the season. I applied 3lb/K of SOP once in the spring and once in the fall. I applied Milorgate a time or two. I did several Urea applications in the fall but missed out on winterizing because the grass was still slowly growing. I also continued my Bermuda extermination plan and it is working great!

2018 Goals: Continue the recommended applications. I have pretty much everything I could possibly need on hand or readily available.

2018 Soil Test:
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2017 Soil Discussion: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=21866&p=300927&hil ... st#p300927

2016 Soil Discussion: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=19100&p=262768&hil ... ts#p262768

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Re: Darkcrisis' Parents 2018 Soil Test

Post by andy10917 » March 9th, 2018, 3:55 pm

Put a Link into the Soil Test Interpretation Queue, or it didn't happen

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Re: Darkcrisis' Parents 2018 Soil Test

Post by andy10917 » March 9th, 2018, 6:21 pm

I'd apply a good source of Nitrogen regularly, and do what you can to get bioavailable Iron into the soil/grass (either use Milorganite or foliar FAS).

That's it - unless you want to tackle the Boron and Copper micronutrient shortages. The soil is stable and right on the tipping point into alkaline soils - don't push it.

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Re: Darkcrisis' Parents 2018 Soil Test

Post by darkcrisis » March 9th, 2018, 8:14 pm

I would like to tackle the Boron and Copper this year.

Is 3 tablespoons/K every 60 days the correct rate for this yard as well?

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Re: Darkcrisis' Parents 2018 Soil Test

Post by andy10917 » March 9th, 2018, 10:51 pm

Yup - same rate

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