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Garden Soil Preparation

Garden Soil Preparation. Soils. Soil Preparation Cover Crops Composting Vermiculture. Soil Preparation. Test Loosen and sift Build. Test. Estimated pH range of “greatest” availability of elements: 6.0 – 8.0: Nitrogen 6.5 – 8.0: Phosphorous 6.0 – 10.0: Potassium, Sulfur

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Garden Soil Preparation

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  1. Garden Soil Preparation

  2. Soils • Soil Preparation • Cover Crops • Composting • Vermiculture

  3. Soil Preparation • Test • Loosen and sift • Build

  4. Test • Estimated pH range of “greatest” availability of elements: • 6.0 – 8.0: Nitrogen • 6.5 – 8.0: Phosphorous • 6.0 – 10.0: Potassium, Sulfur • 6.5 – 9.0: Calcium, Magnesium • 6.5 – 10.0: Molybdenum (Don’t ask me, I can’t even say it) • 5.0 – 7.0: Manganese, Boron, Copper, Zinc • Below 6.5: Iron

  5. Loosen and Sift • Remove grass and weeds • Double dig • Sift out rock

  6. Build Plants need .... • Nitrogen: leaf growth, fruit set • Phosphorous: root system, bright flowers, fruit development and yield • Potassium: essential for cell division and strong stems • Trace Minerals: encourage strong, healthy plants

  7. Organic Amendments • Alfalfa meal • Blood meal • Bone meal • Compost • Cottonseed meal • Feather meal • Greensand • Leaf mold • Manures: poultry, sheep, goat, cow, rabbit • Rock phosphate • Sulfur

  8. Cover Crops Winter Summer

  9. Cool Season Cover Crop and Green Manure • Plant combination of hairy vetch (a legume) and cereal rye in the fall (October) • Inoculate vetch seeds with appropriate inoculum (seed catalogs have it) • Mow and turn into soil 3-4 weeks before planting

  10. Cover Crop in April Nodules formed by Rhizobium Cereal rye and hairy vetch cover crop

  11. Questions????

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