[Garden] soil test

Ian Wormsbecker iwormsbecker at sandvine.com
Tue Apr 21 09:26:37 EDT 2009


I think this is a great idea. How about you sort out a day that works
for a volunteer and get back to us. As long as it is not during work
hours, I can nearly guarantee that I can come out to help.

Ian 

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> gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca
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> Subject: Re: [Garden] where to plant what
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> I can arrange for a volunteer to test for nitrogen, 
> phosphorus, and pottasium  as well as percent organic matter 
> and soil texture at a university lab. It would take less than 
> 2 hours and one of us would learn something.  There would be 
> no cost. I made arrangements last year but we were to 
> disorganized to find one of us to do it.  Why not try that 
> again?  After all, part of our purpose is learning how to 
> manage a garden with least reliance on outside props, whether 
> it be fertilizers, pesticides, or commercial services.
> 
> - Greg
> 
>   Quoting "J. Rochon" <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>:
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> > Gardeners,
> >                     I have a potential line on high-quality soil 
> > testing. More news as it happens.
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