School me on Soil Analysis

[BlackdirtCowboy]

Those organic numbers are high compared to our area. It takes years and years to appreciably change your organic matter.

Lots of variables between now and planting time, but you should be ok with the fertilizer you put out for a while. I would just keep my eye on it during the growing season, and if it looks like it’s deficient in nitrogen, you could always just top dress it later on.

[Drycreek3189]

Your organic matter is fine, but didn’t they give you fertilizer recommendations ? I get my soil tested there and I always get fertilizer recommendations.

[Homer75]

I’m not sure who tested your samples but, for $12 at A&M they sample and tell exactly what you need. I tested for pecans and for food plots and they sent me separate requirements for each. I also would think you’d want to put your lime down way before you plant, and you could walk your pH to the required level. Instead of throwing down seed and praying it works, why not retest and know for sure. This is what I’m doing at my place and may not work at your place.

[knighttime]

I’m not sure who tested your samples but, for $12 at A&M they sample and tell exactly what you need. I tested for pecans and for food plots and they sent me separate requirements for each. I also would think you’d want to put your lime down way before you plant, and you could walk your pH to the required level. Instead of throwing down seed and praying it works, why not retest and know for sure. This is what I’m doing at my place and may not work at your place.

I'll look into the aggie test, although I reached out to my county rep and have yet to hear back after a couple of emails. Ideally yes you'd want your lime down prior to planting but a lot of people are using liquid lime right before or after a planting in order to spike PH. It's not the "right" fix but it's a quick fix. Also it's easier to get a sprayer into my plots then it is a spreader truck. I can achieve what I need to achieve with about 2 gallons/acre of liquid lime versus a few thousand pounds of lime.

[knighttime]

Your organic matter is fine, but didn’t they give you fertilizer recommendations ? I get my soil tested there and I always get fertilizer recommendations.

They did but it was for the two food plot mixes I choose and the more and more I look into this I think I'm going a different route with plots. Although I would imagine their suggestions would get me close.

[RMW]

What kind of percentages should I be looking for? I’d assume in order to get those numbers up it would entail working under green growth?


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Anything above 1.0% is fine, your in good shape

[RMW]

I'll look into the aggie test, although I reached out to my county rep and have yet to hear back after a couple of emails. Ideally yes you'd want your lime down prior to planting but a lot of people are using liquid lime right before or after a planting in order to spike PH. It's not the "right" fix but it's a quick fix. Also it's easier to get a sprayer into my plots then it is a spreader truck. I can achieve what I need to achieve with about 2 gallons/acre of liquid lime versus a few thousand pounds of lime.

There is a product called Mojo that is liquid lime also has quite a bit of potash in it, it’s a quick fix to grow a crop.

[BlackdirtCowboy]

He doesn’t need potash. He already has moderate to high levels of potassium.

[Benno]

Your organic matter is fine, but didn’t they give you fertilizer recommendations ? I get my soil tested there and I always get fertilizer recommendations.

There you go. Take the results to who you are going to buy fertilizer and they should be able to tell you what you need and how much you need to apply. Someone above maybe know how to read the results and have given the correct answer, then 3 others contradicted them. And congrats on starting with fertilizer higher than ever. It takes around 5yrs to get virgin land to its potential.

[Low Fence]

You will see more growth from 1200-1500 pounds of lime per acre than 600 pounds of nitrogen. Get ph perfect and it’s amazing how little to no commercial fertilizer is needed. The quick fix are expensive and last very very very short time. Georgia ag lime is what you want. Contact valley feed mill in winnsboro. They will meet your needs…. If not too wet now. DONT try and lime, ag lime with a cone spreader. You need a live bottom

[Homer75]

DONT try and lime, ag lime with a cone spreader. You need a live bottom

Why not use a cone, I’ve never been told not to use a cone spreader. I’m curious on the live spreader, I had to google that and it’s a salt spreader. I’m in for this thread.

[knighttime]

You will see more growth from 1200-1500 pounds of lime per acre than 600 pounds of nitrogen. Get ph perfect and it’s amazing how little to no commercial fertilizer is needed. The quick fix are expensive and last very very very short time. Georgia ag lime is what you want. Contact valley feed mill in winnsboro. They will meet your needs…. If not too wet now. DONT try and lime, ag lime with a cone spreader. You need a live bottom

I was talking with a co-worker and that's what he said as well, get the ph right and you'll be surprised. He said his number was 7 or slightly higher and his plots jumped in growth and have ever since. What the heck is a live bottom spreader? The problem is I have no way to spread 1200-1500#'s of lime right now. I can get a fertilizer truck, possibly, to the easement spot but there's not much more than a pickup truck that can get to the other plot.

Why not use a cone, I’ve never been told not to use a cone spreader. I’m curious on the live spreader, I had to google that and it’s a salt spreader. I’m in for this thread.

Got further on your google search then I did, I couldn't figure it out.

[ElfEyes]

You will see more growth from 1200-1500 pounds of lime per acre than 600 pounds of nitrogen. Get ph perfect and it’s amazing how little to no commercial fertilizer is needed. The quick fix are expensive and last very very very short time. Georgia ag lime is what you want. Contact valley feed mill in winnsboro. They will meet your needs…. If not too wet now. DONT try and lime, ag lime with a cone spreader. You need a live bottom

Kyle, can you expand on this? I always buy the cheapest lime I can find and use a hand spreader.

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[Homer75]

I was at an aglife class this week and spreaders came up. I’m going to bet that Low Fence is going to say it’s because the live spreader is a drop spreader and cone spreader is just slinging it with no real direction. I was told that use the fine lime instead of the pellets because of the time to break down the pellets.

[Drycreek3189]

If you have no other way to spread lime then use pelletized lime and use a cone spreader. The point is to get the lime in the ground. Lime trucks won’t come out for a small amount and they rarely get the right amount of lime on several different plots. Been there and done that. Poor folks have poor ways !