Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Greg Bell <gregbell@znet.com>]

As a learning exercise, I had the soil tested from my silly little raised 
veggie bed (aobut 4 sq m).  I usually have a green thumb, but have 
horrible results in this bed.  Anemic growth, wilting, poor yields, pest 
problems, etc.

The test was done by the Department of Primary Industries here in New 
South Wales, Australia.  It cost $90.

I figured I'd post the results and get comments.  Do you see the problems? 
In a few days, I'll post the department's guide to interpretting the 
results.

Electrical Conductivity                  dS/m        3.7
pH (CaCl2)                               pH          6.0
Bray Phosphorus                          mg/kg       310
Total Organic Carbon                     %           11
KCl extractable Ammonium (NH4-N)         mg/kg       12
KCl extractable Nitrate (NO3-N)          mg/kg       5.6
Aluminium                                cmol(+)/kg  <0.1
Calcium                                  cmol(+)/kg  41
Potassium                                cmol(+)/kg  11
Magnesium                                cmol(+)/kg  9.2
Sodium                                   cmol(+)/kg  1.7
CEC                                      cmol(+)/kg  63.0