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| The testing kit finally came in. It covers all the basics ten times for $25. (much cheaper than a lab) |
I've been waiting for this kit to come in for 2 weeks now. (They had the $200 electronic testers but I'm not running a hydroponic grow-op here). Using this type of test is easy. You just mix dirt with water and the powder out of the matching little pill, give it a minute and check the colour. I used dirt that had not been mixed with compost to see what our baseline looks like. Our Potassium(K) is "sufficient" and our pH is about 7 (it's hard to tell with the greens so maybe 6.5 or 7.5 but either way we're good).
Unfortunately the Phosphate and Nitrogen were "deficient" and "depleted" respectively. The compost should correct this and I'll run another test with the mixed up soil/compost in the beds this weekend just to verify there's no more tweaking needed..
OH, I got this same kit at Value Village this winter and am just waiting to use it!
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ReplyDeleteAny adjustments that are needed will take time to work so testing early would be best.
It's an awfully lot colder here then it is in Ontario. Although I did get it out today. Am just waiting now to see the results. I picked my least productive bed. Maybe tomorrow I'll check my productive one.
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