Rambler wrote:
>
> Jose Luiz Moreira Garcia wrote:
> > .
> > What is your CEC by the way ?
> > I need to know also your humus content.
> > Tell me any figure regarding Ca, Mg, K, Na and also your micro nutrient
> > levels such as Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Boron. Once your soil is put in the
> > Albrecht ratios a special attention has to be given to the micronutrients.
> > Knowing those numbers it allows me to give you some suggestions.
> > However, I might warn you that the numbers vary from lab to lab and
> > a 65% calcium reading from one lab may not be the same 65% figure
> > from another lab. Knowing that limitation we can take my advise as a
> > guideline
> > and not as any absolute figure that would need to be strickly followed.
> >
>
> Thankyou Jose and Lloyd for your most helpful replies.I am now starting
> to build a picture of what i have done to my soil. I look forward to
> your guiding comments.
> I have looked back at my old notes from the 1980,s. I grew alot of
> Gypsophlia and statices during that period.They are lime and magnesium
> lovers so plenty of dolomite lime was used up until about 1993 This was
> went i changed to BD.
> The following is a BRookside test taken july 2000
> Total Exchange Capacity [ME/100g] 25.73
> pH 7.1
> Organic Matter[hummus%] 8.72
> Soluble Sulphur ppm 80
> Phosphorus
> Easily extractable kg/ha p as P205 3447
> ppm of p 672
> Bray 11 kg/ha Pas P205 1185
> ppm of P 231
> Olsen kg/ha 431
> ppm of P 84
> Calcium kg/ha 8691
> ppm 3880
> Magnesium kg/ha 1292
> ppm 577
> Potassium kg/ha 661
> ppm 295
> Sodium kg/ha 314
> ppm 140
> Aluminium [KCL ext] kg/ha 31
> ppm 14
>
> Base Saturation Percent
> Ca % 75.4
> Mg % 18.69
> K % 2.94
> Na % 2.37
> Al % 0.60
> H % 0.00
> Extractable Minors
> Boron[ppm] 1.62
> Iron [ppm] 236
> Manganese [ppm] 39
> Copper [ppm] 2.98
> zinc [ppm] 19.47
> Aluminum {ppm] 730
> N03-N 22.6
> NH3-N 1.5
> Total Acidity [ME/100] 0
> cobalt[ppm] 0.01
> Molybdenum 0.39
>
> Thankyou
> Tony Robinson
> Rambler FLowers
> > > New Zealand
> > >
