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    Soil test results

    On another forum, people are mentioning my phosphorous is way low. I was thinking about applying a 12-12-12 at a rate of 10lbs per 1000 sq feet and also adding triple super phosphate with my cotton seed to use as a side dressing. The side-dress recipe is 25 lbs cottonseed with 8 lbs of super...
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    Soil test results

    How do you like fish emulsion for continual feeding?
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    Soil test results

    Because of the cost, I might go a combination of organic and inorganic. With the results of my test, I might apply 10lbs of 12-12-12 per 1000 sq ft and side dress with a 4-1 ratio of cotton seed and rock phosphate. With the cotton seed and phosphate along with the compost, you think I will get...
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    Soil test results

    Do you have a fertilizer recipe that would yield those ratios?
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    Soil test results

    Since I need nitrogen and phosphorous is a bit low, how about cotton seed and rock phosphate equal parts which i will use to did in near each plant or side dress since it would take an awful lot to apply even to the whole soil (10,000 sq ft. )...plus the compost? Or is that to much phosphate and...
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    Soil test results

    $5 at the local extension office (not sure if extension offices are common in all areas).
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    Soil test results

    Thanks for the link, and yeah, I was surprised with the lack of recommendations. I just got my manure and am going to do my best to get it composted down in 3-4 weeks and it could happened with the 80 degree weather we have been getting in central IL
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    Soil test results

    I have a 10000 sq foot garden in Illinois and just got my test results back with little help from the agency with interpretation. My results are: All lbs/Acre Phosphorus 29 Potassium 264 Calcium 2673 Magnesium 316 Organic matter 2.0 Cation exchange 10.2 Saturation % CA 65.6 % Mg...
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    New here, fertilizer question

    great, will do. Came into a lot of land and am opening a roadside stand.
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    New here, fertilizer question

    I will have a large amount of properly composted cow manure. I will be growing a wide variety of vegges on about a 1/2 acre. If my garden is filled with this manure, will I need to supplement it with another fertilizer or is just the manure good? Going to till in about two inches of the compost...
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