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[at-l] OT - Soil From The Ground Up
If you take a soil sample down to the local ag county agent, they'll analyze
it and tell you exactly what it needs for whatever you plan to grow. Look in
the phone book under USDA. Call first to find out how to collect the sample.
Bryan
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--Sorry but I've always had too much clay.
--
--Added homemade compost, manure and peat moss -- double dug in
--the traditional
--manner.
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--You should have a county extension agent at the county seat,
--who should be
--good for some localized advice. Many counties also have a
--"Master Gardner"
--program which gives you access to local expert knowledge.
--
--Chainsaw
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--From: "Jan Leitschuh" <janl2@mindspring.com>
--To: "AT-List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
--Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:50 AM
--Subject: [at-l] OT - Soil From The Ground Up
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--So,
--are there any other obsessive gardeners out there who have
--built a balanced soil from the ground up?
--
--I know I'll need more amendments. I was thinking a little
--powdered clay, to help hold nutrients (clay is negatively
--charged and hold the calcium, magnesium, potassium,
--trace-mineral, et-all ions; sand is neutral, hence no
--fertility - all I remember from Soil Science 101) We tend to
--be quite acid here in the east, and esp. on this sand. Anyone
--built up from sand before? Come on, I can't be the only
--garden obsessive here.
--
--I remember Helen and Scott Nearing speaking of greensand, and
--other mineral amendment. What is greensand, anyway (beside
--green)? Anyone else add stuff like that? Felix The
--LandScaper, where are you?
--
--CompostOnMy Shoe
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