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Sunday, April 10, 2016 DeanAZ Scottsdale, Arizona

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I can't blame everything on the weather. I got my soil report back for the two patches and am despondent about my sodium levels. At this time last year my sodium level was 4 and my nitrates were 20. This year my sodium level is 15 and my nitrates are above 200. Crap! I haven't added any manure for more than one year. Heck, the only thing I added this fall was peat. The thought is that the stuff I put in the ground last year is breaking down and spiking my numbers. I'm taking the labs suggestion and leaching the soil the best I can. Going to flood the ground around the pumpkins in hopes of driving the salt and nitrates down. The other numbers look pretty close to last year.
 



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