Market Farming

[robert schuler <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>]

A lesson I learned the hard way about phosphate rock. When I farmed on
the silt loam limestone soils of eastern PA soil tests always came back
at 30lbs/a P. When I added P rock, it became tied up in the clay and
rendered useless in just a month or so. Decayed covercrops chelates some
but never enough so I switched to banding triple super phosphate and it
remained soluble long enough to make a crop. Know your soil chemistry
before spending a ton of money on P rock. . Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.