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Originally Posted by Barbee
Theres not much point in taking a soil test and then ignoring the labs recomendations, is there? The most important role ph plays in your soil is to allow uptake of nutrients needed to grow the crop you list on your soil test. Certain nutrients are more readilly available at different levels of acidity or alkalinity.
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It's not ignoring their recommendations, it's just using different sources of those nutrients. I believe in following mother nature's cues. She burns down forests, lets animal carcasses and plant matter decay on the ground, and floods the land periodically. Those are all natural methods of fertilizing the land. It's natures way, and that's the best way. It's also called sustainable agriculture. Factory produced chemical fertilizers do more harm to the environment.
BUT, I would have another soil test done in the spring before planting, to make sure the levels are good.
