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<\/a>them to use next year. \u00a0Fall is the best time to do them since the broadcast fertilizer can be laid down before winter.<\/p>\nI used a clean trowel, a plastic bucket and my knees. \u00a0To do a soil sample involves a clean cut into the soil of six inches, then a small slice of that cut, top to bottom, into the bucket. This process repeats several times in different areas, then you blend the soil and take 1.5 cups of it and put it in a plastic bag. \u00a0I did this twice, once for the vegetable garden and once for the orchard.<\/p>\n
A soil test sheet, provided by International Ag Labs<\/a>, takes down garden size and what kind of testing you want done. \u00a0That all gets mailed to lab in Farmington and a while later, a recommendation comes back with very specific amounts and products.<\/p>\n My dealer, Luke Lemmer in Plato, Minnesota, will compile the broadcast according to the labs recommendations and will also supply the other products. \u00a0The soil test goes in today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lughnasa \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Harvest Moon Soil tests create the information base for deciding on what products and what amount of them to use … Continue reading Soil Test<\/span>