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Monday, March 22, 2010
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pumpkin cholo
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Bloomington, IN
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Got my spring soil test results a few days ago, and boy was I excited when the numbers turned out better than expected. Craig knows his stuff. He and a couple of other people recommended my K be about 400, and it measured 399. Now if I were a betting man.....lol. The high sulfur could have come from three things, the gypsum, the 1 cup of epsom salts (which I forgot to mention in the previous post), and all the coffee grounds I added. I don't know how big a role the grounds played in bringing the sulfur up but I'm guessing this is why they say to go easy on applying coffee grounds dirctly to the soil.
Ammendments I plan on making:
-1/2 of a five gallon bucket of alfalfa meal (as instructed by Craig)
-1 small bag of bone meal (3-4 lbs)
-Wood ashes. Not sure how much just yet but I'd like to bring the K and it's saturation number up just a little more. And since wood ashes are alkaline it'll help some to stave off my soil's increasing acidity.
-Dolomitic lime. Again not sure how much but I'd like to bring the Mg and it's saturation number up a little too. Will also help against my soil's increasing acidity.
-1 tbsp. borax to bring the boron up just a little more.
I'm hoping these measures will bring my soil to being as balanced as possible.
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