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Circleville Ohio

I received my soil test back and it said my Phosphorus is excessive! What can I do to fix this?

2/18/2017 11:29:47 AM

Massachusettts

Lower the Phosphorus level.

2/18/2017 12:06:20 PM

Circleville Ohio

I am not going to add any this spring but what I have read on line it takes time for it to lower and there was not anything you could add to lower it so my thought was to add new soil to my garden to kinda delude it. I don't know if that will do it or not

2/18/2017 12:38:48 PM

Nampa

Mine is really high also. No more compost for me! I'm digging deeply and mixing the soil to dilute it a bit. I hope it helps. Can you top 258 ppm for phos?

2/18/2017 10:56:31 PM

Circleville Ohio

DJ I am sorry to say yes mine is 314

2/18/2017 11:05:54 PM

Ireland

Water heavily

2/19/2017 6:58:47 AM

Nampa

Yep, thats pretty dang high. High phos can tie up other nutrients. Watch your zinc for one. Ill be doing a couple of petiole tests to measure what's in the plant. Phos is not water soluable so heavy water will not move it. Water moves sodium, nitrogen, boron, etc. If you need to fertilize another garden patch you can use your pumpkin patch soil.... Another thing that will work over time is crop removal. Plants will pull phosphate out of the soil. By removing the plant material, you are removing nutrients. You could plant a cover crop and mow it, bagging and removing the residue. I figure I will not be adding any phos for many years to come. My nitrates are 91 also. I'm only adding biologicals / bacteria and some MN and B as foliar. I ended up being a More On.

2/19/2017 8:49:37 PM

Circleville Ohio

hey DJ I gave you the wrong number on the phosphorus test it was58.2 the other number i gave by mistake was my potassium number by mistake sorry it was 314 my calcium was 11705

2/20/2017 12:59:04 AM

Nampa

Thats a much better number for phos. If your calcium is 11,705 is your pH real high?

2/21/2017 9:18:36 PM