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Tipp City, Ohio

One of my .pdf files was not able to open so here are the rest of my results.

Texture: Silt Loam
Calcium, ppm...........1,201.13
Magnesium, ppm...........226.21
Phosphorus, ppm..........347.79
Potassium, ppm...........391.53
Sodium, ppm...............20.73
pH.........................6.38
Organic Matter.............2.67%
Copper, ppm................4.16
Iron, ppm................124.28
Manganese, ppm............18.02
Zinc, ppm..................5.63
Salts, ppm...............220.01

Reccomended NPK is
N= 80-120 lbs/acre
P= 60 lbs/acre
K= 60 lbs/acre

Any comments would be greatly appreciated....Tom

4/5/2003 7:44:35 PM

Puyallup, WA

Great Balls of Fire!! I've never heard of "Iron" readings of 124!!! What are you growing in....Iron Shavings? :>)

4/6/2003 1:27:18 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Tom, your Phosphorus level is already very high, if you raise a little your pH with lime you don't need to add any phosphorus at all. The rest of the analysis is OK, and also the rest of amendments recommended.
Good luck..........Don

4/6/2003 1:40:33 AM

Jackson Twp, Ohio

Stan,

Must be an ohio thing.

My iron is 126 ppm
Zinc 49.34
copper 12.2

Those are at least in my opinon sort of off the charts high.Everything else is sort of normal but still high for me.

Nick Hamilton

4/6/2003 9:51:29 AM

Puyallup, WA

Hi Nick,
Three years ago when I started growing, my Iron level was 63 ppm. Eight 25# bags of Ironite later, my Iron level was registering 25 ppm this Spring!!! Go figure!!??

4/6/2003 12:34:02 PM

Jackson Twp, Ohio

Thats sort of funny. Maybe something to do with how you sampled it. Mine might be artificially a little high too from sampling. I have never used ironite. I don't feel I need it. Whats the percentage Iron in Ironite anyway? I am going to try to tweak my boron level a bit this year to 2.0 ppm.

I looked at Andy Wolf's soil spread sheet and about 17% of the values were over 100 the highest was reported to be about 800 (also from ohio) and a value of 203 was reported with a note on it for an ironite user. An average of all values was 84ppm. When the 3 750 + values were removed this average dropped to 63.25ppm. So I guess you're average. Anyways this is something to think about.

4/6/2003 1:06:38 PM

Tipp City, Ohio

Stan,
You haven't been dropping parts of your tractor in my patch have ya? lol.

I have not used ironite in this patch, just granular and liquid fertilizers. The patch was once a field of rotated beans/corn. I will check with the farmer and see what his past soil samples have been....Tom

4/6/2003 8:41:59 PM

Tacoma, WA

"....you take a little bit here, you take a little bit there, you put it all together and shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey... :>)

I am a firm believer in adding Iron. Ironite is 4% iron.
1% nitrogen.

Stan

4/7/2003 4:32:16 PM

Tipp City, Ohio

lol.

Does Ironite still contain heavy metals? I ran accross a website that some states was banning the sale of it. The article was written in the late 90's, maybe 97, Will look for it again...Tom

4/7/2003 11:21:17 PM

Puyallup, WA

According the the manufacturer, Ironite is safe! Go to their website. They give detailed information about the testing that their product has gone through. Lilly Miller has a similar product, Iron Safe. It has 8% iron and 4% nitrogen. I am using this product this year and I will be spreading 75 pounds over my 10,500 sq.ft.

4/8/2003 1:01:00 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Because of their source of raw materials, Ironite will always contain some undesirable metals. Some of this material has beem mine trailings. But there are fully manufactured ag/turf/ornamental micronutrient granules out there for those who want them. Some are very clean. Some aren't. Follow this link for the most complete data base on the subject.

http://www.wa.gov/agr/PestFert/Fertilizers/ProductDatabase.htm

You'll need to choose between 2 alpha lists. You may need the name of a parent company to find what you're after on this website. The product you're after must also be offered for sale in the state of Washington. Ironically, some of the worst offenders are selling "organic" products, usually derived from human waste (bio solids) or industrial byproducts (like mine trailings).

Steve

4/8/2003 6:38:47 AM

Tipp City, Ohio

Found the link. Here it is.

http://www.envirolaw.org/poison.html

What do you think?

4/8/2003 10:31:57 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

Whooaa...!
After reading that article, I'll never use it....mining waste, toxicity, arsenic.
Bad mojo man.

4/8/2003 1:13:20 PM