Hola, growmies!
Ok, halleluyah, the soil sample results are finally back!
I could not copy and paste from the PDF, so I took screen snippets and marked them up.
I think this first one says that N, P, and K are all high(!), but that I need to add iron (Fe), and Manganese (Mn).
I think this next one says Potassium (K) saturation is high????
Magnesium (Mg)
saturation (below) is low, even though the
interpretation value (above) is that it was high?
I think this one says I need to add some iron (Fe) and copper (Cu)?
Will rusty nails work for iron? Or should I spring for some Iron Chelate?
Also, how does one add copper Cu?
The narrative is pretty funny.
I think it says there is plenty of calcium (but Magnesium saturation is low).
They want me to add some nitrogen (urine, dog water) in maintenance doses.
If it was an agricultural land, they want me to wash the salts out.
They recommend I add some iron (Fe). (Are rusty nails good enough for this? Or is a chelate better?)
This one recommends an iron chelate.
I can get liquid iron chelate for cheap here, for short term.
Does putting nails in the soil work for iron (at least long term)?
And the big drum-roll questions...
What would you recommend?
Macros:
Nitrogen from dog water (urine) is free.
It says Phosphorus (P) is not needed (and no one has mentioned a deficiency).
They also say there is no deficiency of K (!) but Emmie, Shed, Otter, and others have all called it (at least I think tha's right...) And I have kelp granules on the way for K (and I like the idea of kelp).
Micros:
I can get iron from nails long term (or liquid iron chelate is also cheap here).
Since I already have enough calcium, how do I raise the available magnesium?
And how do I address the low manganese availability? (I can get liquid chelates to tide me over, but long term I would really prefer to mix it in with the soil, for the re-cook.)
And how do I add copper (Cu)?
¡Muchísimas gracias!
