Lloyd Please discuss it here otherwise put me on your private discussion What were the disfferences you found between using Brookside and Perry labs for the same soil samples?
Thanks Glen Lloyd Charles wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:44 AM > Subject: Albrecht System for soil testing and fertilisation > > Christine Jaeger wrote > > > May I ask, if anyone has any experience or knowledge of the Albrecht > System for > > soil analysis and fertiliser recommendations versus the 'conventional' > > laboratory approach? > > > > In the organic circles in Australia the Albrecht system is being hailed as > the > > best one to use. Except for anecdotal evidence that some growers say that > it > > works for them, I have not seen any other literature about it, especially > in > > regards to its adaptation to Australian soils. > > Hi Christine , > I have been involved with some comparative soil testing work that should be > of interest to you and maybe some others on the list. I obtained a grant for > our local farmers group which was funded by the acid soils action program > via NSW agriculture department. Most of this was for soil testing and I now > have over 250 tests on file from our local area. Over half of these were > full analysis tests which got most of the trace elements as well as the > normal npk stuff. I also did a number where I split the sample and sent half > to Albrect labs and half of the same sample to our conventional labs. I have > these for Perry (USA not the Australian Lab) , Brookside, and Swep > comparisons to Pivot Incitec and Agritech (Toowoomba) > You pretty much get what you pay for in life and soil tests are no > exception BUT - the main advantages that I see with Albrect tests are - the > testing company is usually not selling fertiliser or chemicals - and you can > get a full range of trace elements properly tested. > If we had done a poll of our group asking the question " What are the > best cropping paddocks around - best results for least amount of trouble" > and had ranked them in order then that order would have parallelled William > Albrects cation exchange system very close. > I see no reason why this system would need to be adapted to Australian > soils (this is a common query ) this always puzzles me . A wheat plant on > the Canadian prairies or the plains at Horsham In Australia or the Steppes > in Russia is going to need very much the same conditions to make it go > properly. > I think I have enough information to draw some useful conclusions from > but its probably a bit boring for others on this list . If there is further > interest I am happy to continue this on air and in the meantime if you like > to contact me off the list I can send you stuff that is probably relevant to > your original question. > Cheers. > Lloyd Charles -- Garuda Biodynamics - for BD Preps, Consultations, Books & Diagrams See our web site @ http://get.to/garuda
