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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Soil test results
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:14:59 -0600


All I see is no attention whatever to the microbe levels in the soil, as if
it didn't exist or didn't matter. And no concern for levels of organic
matter. With all those numbers it could be bare dirt.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

On 6/21/2006 at 3:37 PM Greg Bell wrote:

>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
>
>
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