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[Jerry Lehman <jwlehman@aol.com>]

I certainly wouldn't want that, Lee!

On 5/17/2015 11:33 AM, Lee Reich wrote:
> Jerry, Be careful what you wish for. Sand mixed with certain clays becomes 
> something like concrete!
>
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> > On May 17, 2015, at 10:45 AM, Jerry Lehman via nafex 
> > <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings fellow NAFEX'ers,
> >
> > Lee is absolutely correct in everything he wrote. I might add a footnote, if 
> > your sand has little organic matter even the dissolved fertilizer nutrients 
> > will leach beyond the root area and continued fertilization will be more 
> > necessary than sandy high organic soil. The long-term effect of the manure is 
> > slower release of the nutrients for more continual feeding but still is 
> > relatively short-lived and continual annual reapplication is desirable.
> >
> > I wish I could take about 6 inches of my clay and give it in exchange for 6 
> > inches of years sand that we could mix the 2 together for both of us. :-)
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > On 5/16/2015 9:01 AM, Lee Reich wrote:
> > > The ideal is to plan more long-term for fertilization. As you saw, manure’s 
> > > benefit was not realized the first season. Bulky organic fertilizers, such as 
> > > some manures and compost (which is so low in nutrients that it cannot legally 
> > > be termed “fertilizer”), have long-term nutrient benefits. I would suggest 
> > > using those and applying them as mulches.
> > >
> > > As far as spring vs fall, fall fertilization is fine if it’s applied late 
> > > enough, in mid fall or later, depending on the local climate. Plant growth 
> > > won’t be stimulated, no matter what, once a plant has experienced sufficient 
> > > cold and short days. If a fall-applied fertilizer is organic, with nutrients 
> > > locked up in organic compounds, those nutrients anyway won’t become available 
> > > until microbes take action the following spring.
> > >
> > > Poor growth is not only attributable to insufficient nutrition. Your sandy 
> > > soil dries out quickly. Nutrients cannot do anything if the soil is too dry.
> > >
> > > Lee Reich, PhD
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