To: Benneth Phelps <bphelps2@lycos.com>, permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: [permaculture] need P and K glutton
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:07:44 -0800 (PST)
> A first question: are you inoculating your legumes?
Yes.
> I'm no expert, but I would think
> this is crucial for your situation. Is your soil "alive", in good health
> with lots of
> worms and microorganisms?
Not particularly. This is something I'm trying to fix.
> Your plants won't be able to access the nutrients they need
> if it isn't. How low is your "low" Nitrogen?
Near or at zero.
In my north pasture: 5ppm or 9 pounds per acre.
old orchard: 11 ppm
new orchard: 4 ppm
> How high is your "high" phosphorus?
pasture: 53ppm weak bray, 95ppm strong bray
old orchard: 151/196
new orchard: 81/130
> What's your pH?
pasture: 5.8, 6.8 buffer index
old orchard: 6.1/6.8
new orchard: 6.5/7.0