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Santa Cruz, CA

I just got back my first soil analysis report and am having trouble understanding what to do with the numbers I've been given. Is there an article that explains the report in easy terms? How do I know what to amend my soil with? Thanks for your help. -Creek

9/15/2005 2:27:08 AM

Western NY

Creek - email me a copy, i'll help you out as much as i can.

[email protected] (just keep any attachments under a couple megs)

9/15/2005 8:17:45 AM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Kristine

Check the links page of the GVGO website and click on the link A & L Sample Report with Reference Guide Explanations. This will help you understand your soil report. Hope this helps.

Phil

9/15/2005 8:21:14 AM

Santa Cruz, CA

Thanks Phil, I've printed that out and will read it tonight. Andy, I'm embarrassed to say I don't know how to e-mail my report to you. I got it hard copy. I could mail it. I also have a friend that might be able to help me get it to you electronically. I'll keep trying and thank you both for helping out. It's a whole new area for me so there is definitely a learning curve.

9/15/2005 9:35:23 AM

Western NY

which lab did you use? the majority of my data comes from A&L labs, but i have many others for you to compare to also. you could just type out the numbers if you want to. that would work.

9/15/2005 9:53:53 AM

Santa Cruz, CA

Andy- The lab I used was A&L Western Agricultural Laboritories in Modesto, California. Here are my numbers for my field I want to get in shape:
Organic Matter-6.5,
Nitrogen-134,
Phosphorus (wek Bray)-141,
Phoshorus NaHCO3-P- they couldn't get,
Potassium - 553,
Magnisium- 268,
Calcium-1843,
Sodium-48,
Sulfur- 40,
Zinc-44.0,
Maganese-21,
Iron-66,
Copper-2.7,
Boron-1.8,
ECe-2.1
CEC-15.1
Ex. Lime- L
pH- 6.1
Percent Cation Saturation: Potassium 9.3, Mg 14.5,Calcium 60.7 and Sodium 1.4

9/15/2005 11:17:22 AM

Western NY

overall looks pretty good, but i'll email you a more detailed response later.

Andy

9/15/2005 11:21:26 AM

Santa Cruz, CA

Andy, This year I brought in horse maneur and dumped five large truck loads in five mounds, mixed in some of the soil, and this is where I planted the pumpkins. I got a soils test from these spots too. How do these numbers look with the amendment? If you think it will help, I could easily get more maeuer and spread it over the whole field. Do the numbers say this is helpful? Thanks again for your help.
- Kristine
Organic Matter- 8.0
Nitrogen - 29
Phosporus (Weak Bray) - 135
Phosporus (NaHCO3P) - 117
Potassium - 545
Magnisium - 331
Calcium - 1657
Sodium - 88
Sulfur - 33
Zinc - 25.1
Maganese - 8
Iron - 46
Copper - 1.8
Boron - 2.6
ECe - 1.1
CEC - 12.8
Ex Lime - L
pH - 7.0
Percent Cation Saturation: Potassium 10.9, Magnesium 21.3, Calcium 64.8, and Sodium 3.0

9/15/2005 11:28:43 AM

Utah

The following is a link to learn general information about what each soil test item is.

http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/interp1.htm

9/15/2005 12:02:24 PM

Fremont, California

hey creek was it free?

9/18/2005 7:32:24 PM