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May 24, 2015 6:32 PM CST
Name: Heidi
Mentone ca
Region: California
I finally got the soil test done. Not really sure what to do with the info though. I tested two spots. One where the plants seem healthy, and one where they are "sick". It seems that I have highly alkaline soil in both places. The variants being that where the plants are "sick" I need to add nitrogen but where they are "well" I need to add phosphorus? It seems I'm also low in potash, but I don't even know what that does for the garden. I know that nitrogen is needed for green leaves, and so that makes since that I'm low in it, but I don't know how to add it at this point, since I would normally till in manure (which I thought was in the compost mixture I amended with, but apparently not) in the spring.
For a quick fix, I watered the "sick" plants with miracle grow that I had for my flower garden, but would rather some other idea as I have always tried to keep my vegetable garden organic.
Here is a picture of my soil tests. The "sick" sample is in the back and the "good" sample is in the front.
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Heidi

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