To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Nutrient deficiencies in soil
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 13:01:32 -0400
Jim,
You've written before how much soil testing has benefitted your growing
efforts. Getting levels of boron, zinc and copper are obviously more than
the typical university N-P-K and Ph test...so where should I look to get
these useful soil tests?
Charlie Paradise z6 Massachusetts
On 5/13/06 8:57 AM, "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@uslink.net> wrote:
> The micronutrients that are most likely to leach out of sandy soils are
> Boron, Zinc, Sulfur and Copper. In heavy soils, these same, and other
> micronutrients, tend to become depleted where the bedrock is close to the
> surface. These are excellent reasons for doing soil testing.