Soil Testing to making garden Greener

ErieDeare · March 8, 2014

Perhaps this is not where this belongs but soil testing and fertilizers go hand in hand.

How many of you soil test your garden each year?
Do you just do a sample soil test or do you do a CEC and a LaMotte test?
Or do you just put fertilizer on without testing?

We're just put some 12-12-12 on and it well be OK..

Do you want vegetables from your garden or do you want Nutritional vegetables?
There is a difference.

Without the right minerals in the soil how do you know if any thing is tied up or not without a soil test?

There is a 30 day email lesson that might be of interest to you at:
https//aglabs.infusionsoft.com/app/form/garden-emal-series
It will help you understand and perhaps improve you soil and the way you think about your garden soil.

Does anyone have any other very good learning sites about improving your garden soil organicly?

Worth1 · March 8, 2014

I use experience and test my soil at home.
It has worked for years.

Here is a fantastic place to get all sorts of ideas and information on soil building.

Worth

http://www.tomatoville.com/forumdisplay.php?f=98

Doug9345 · March 8, 2014

I think soil tests are useful especially in commercial operations but observation of your plants and weeds can tell you a lot also. The other thing to realize about garden plots and fields is that they can vary a lot from one place to the next in them.

ErieDeare · March 8, 2014

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Originally Posted by Doug9345

I think soil tests are useful especially in commercial operations but observation of your plants and weeds can tell you a lot also. The other thing to realize about garden plots and fields is that they can vary a lot from one place to the next in them.

If your soil is alive it well change all the time and if it is dead you well not have any life in it.

So how can you tell if your soil is alive?

How do you know what is low in menials if you don't have a soil test?
An how do you know how much to put on of what?

Redbaron · March 8, 2014

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Originally Posted by ErieDeare

Does anyone have any other very good learning sites about improving your garden soil organicly?

http://www.tomatoville.com/forumdisplay.php?f=98

ETA: OH NOES Worth beat me to it! Hiding my head in shame.

Well in that case, I suggest The Red Baron Project year one The rumor is that guy is completely crazy.

But personally I have a fondness for the technique.

nnjjohn · March 10, 2014

I BOUGHT PH WATER LIGHT PROBE METERS ON AMZN .. I GOT A GOOD READ TODAY ACCORDING TO THE PROBE..6Si I'M GOINT TO TEST MORE WITH THIS MRYRTT

March 8, 2014	#1
ErieDeare Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 33	Soil Testing to making garden Greener Perhaps this is not where this belongs but soil testing and fertilizers go hand in hand. How many of you soil test your garden each year? Do you just do a sample soil test or do you do a CEC and a LaMotte test? Or do you just put fertilizer on without testing? We're just put some 12-12-12 on and it well be OK.. Do you want vegetables from your garden or do you want Nutritional vegetables? There is a difference. Without the right minerals in the soil how do you know if any thing is tied up or not without a soil test? There is a 30 day email lesson that might be of interest to you at: https//aglabs.infusionsoft.com/app/form/garden-emal-series It will help you understand and perhaps improve you soil and the way you think about your garden soil. Does anyone have any other very good learning sites about improving your garden soil organicly?

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nnjjohn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: northern new jersey Posts: 683	PH METER TESTER I BOUGHT PH WATER LIGHT PROBE METERS ON AMZN .. I GOT A GOOD READ TODAY ACCORDING TO THE PROBE..6Si I'M GOINT TO TEST MORE WITH THIS MRYRTT __________________ john

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I use experience and test my soil at home. It has worked for years. Here is a fantastic place to get all sorts of ideas and information on soil building. Worth http://www.tomatoville.com/forumdisplay.php?f=98

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Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	I think soil tests are useful especially in commercial operations but observation of your plants and weeds can tell you a lot also. The other thing to realize about garden plots and fields is that they can vary a lot from one place to the next in them.