Tomatoville® Gardening Forums - View Single Post - soil test results.....beyond reclamation?

jojomojo · April 15, 2015

Thank you for that Scott, I'll look into it.

I went ahead and placed an order with Soil Secrets. They recommend their product "protein crumbles" to be applied with the TerraPro (humic acid, mycorrhizae, etc) but I didn't buy it. Its basically an organic fertilizer that feeds the microbes. I don't know how necessary it is, but it couldn't hurt to give them a little something extra to munch on, right? Any suggestions? I tried to get spent grains from the local brewery, but they had to put me on a wait list. We get about 5-6 gallons of coffee grounds every week. Maybe something cheap from the feed store? Its time to clean the coop too - that's a few hundred pounds of coarse sawdust (plus manure). The test area is going to be about 1000 sq ft.

I'm going to test out a pasture mix for alkaline/saline soils in the area too.

April 15, 2015	#13
jojomojo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 14	Thank you for that Scott, I'll look into it. I went ahead and placed an order with Soil Secrets. They recommend their product "protein crumbles" to be applied with the TerraPro (humic acid, mycorrhizae, etc) but I didn't buy it. Its basically an organic fertilizer that feeds the microbes. I don't know how necessary it is, but it couldn't hurt to give them a little something extra to munch on, right? Any suggestions? I tried to get spent grains from the local brewery, but they had to put me on a wait list. We get about 5-6 gallons of coffee grounds every week. Maybe something cheap from the feed store? Its time to clean the coop too - that's a few hundred pounds of coarse sawdust (plus manure). The test area is going to be about 1000 sq ft. I'm going to test out a pasture mix for alkaline/saline soils in the area too. Last edited by jojomojo; April 15, 2015 at 09:20 PM.