A garden is only as good as the ground that it's planted in. Discussion forum for the many ways to improve the soil where we plant our gardens.
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April 12, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Chicago IL
Posts: 857
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Mineralization of soil
So I have been struggling with making my soil nutrients more avail to plants.
Have been doing all the good stuff- compost, compost brews, AC teas, kelp, molasses fish, foliar, bit of limestone Ca and Fish meal, Kelp as supplement dry, humates. Used Microbe life products. Ok, soil at community gardens is tilled twice a year. So I felt adding biological life is a priority. After talking to some smart people I am getting somewhat conflicting advice- i.e. I need to treat my soil as depleted from minerals even that I have enough of them in. from the article http://mineralizedgardens.com/mineralized-soil.html "Typical products used to create soil energy are calcium nitrate, potassium nitrate, urea, ammonium sulfate, potassium sulfate, MAP, super phosphate, liquid fertilizers, and sea solids. For organics nothing beat high nitrogen fish and Chilean nitrate. Manures and compost will supply some soil energy as well." LaMotte test is showing what is available for plants. Above test Mehlich shows what is actual in the soil. Last edited by Lindalana; April 12, 2016 at 11:48 AM. |
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