Soil Sample Results - Advice Sought

GoodMan55985

Hi All,

I have just got my soil sample results back they posted them from Teagasc. This is first time I have done this so a complete novice to know what to do based on results.

I have attached my results. I am wondering how much lime should I put out per acre and what bagged manure should I use based on the results. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

ABlur

GoodMan55985 wrote: »

Hi All,

I have just got my soil sample results back they posted them from Teagasc. This is first time I have done this so a complete novice to know what to do based on results.

I have attached my results. I am wondering how much lime should I put out per acre and what bagged manure should I use based on the results. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

7 tonnes per ha or 2.8 t per acre

Conflats

12-5= 7T/ha so 2.8t/acre split it so roughly 1.5 tonnes acres this year and the rest in spring 2015

JustAThought

Conflats wrote: »

12-5= 7T/ha so 2.8t/acre split it so roughly 1.5 tonnes acres this year and the rest in spring 2015

7 tonnes!!!!!! Omg!! No wonder wr're all dying of cancers

Username John

GoodMan55985 wrote: »

Hi All,

I have just got my soil sample results back they posted them from Teagasc. This is first time I have done this so a complete novice to know what to do based on results.

I have attached my results. I am wondering how much lime should I put out per acre and what bagged manure should I use based on the results. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

Hi Goodman,
Do Teagasc not provide advice as well? As in you can chat to them about the results - the charge twice as much for sampling, I thought the advice on what to do with the results was part of it?
If I was you, I'd ring em... you pay them enough...

JustAThought wrote: »

7 tonnes!!!!!! Omg!! No wonder wr're all dying of cancers

What?

LivInt20

GoodMan55985 wrote: »

Hi All,

I have just got my soil sample results back they posted them from Teagasc. This is first time I have done this so a complete novice to know what to do based on results.

I have attached my results. I am wondering how much lime should I put out per acre and what bagged manure should I use based on the results. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

As mentioned above.

2.8 t Lime per acre

You are ok for P and K.

Conmaicne Mara

JustAThought wrote: »

7 tonnes!!!!!! Omg!! No wonder wr're all dying of cancers

God, imagine, next thing they'll be telling you it's in your water, clogging up your kettles and washing machines, and there'll be some morally dubious character on TV selling you chemicals to free your domestic appliances of this terrible water cancer!

Shocking Joe, tis shocking, I blame the farmers Joe.

GoodMan55985

Username John wrote: »

Hi Goodman,
Do Teagasc not provide advice as well? As in you can chat to them about the results - the charge twice as much for sampling, I thought the advice on what to do with the results was part of it?
If I was you, I'd ring em... you pay them enough...




What?

Hi UserName John, I'll ring the guy. I found them not very obliging and had to keep after them for a over month to get the results. They told me ten days and they be back. I'll try the guy again.

Just based on results apart from lime spreading would anyone advise what bagged manure I should spread. Thanks

Username John

GoodMan55985 wrote: »

Hi UserName John, I'll ring the guy. I found them not very obliging and had to keep after them for a over month to get the results. They told me ten days and they be back. I'll try the guy again.

Just based on results apart from lime spreading would anyone advise what bagged manure I should spread. Thanks

Hi Goodman,

I should have said I am finding that most experiences with Teagasc arent great lately... so maybe my annoyance with them kinda spilled into my post above...

I must get some samples done as well, so I'll be on here in a few weeks, looking for the same advise from people here...

Sorry - I don't have the knowledge to offer any advise here Goodman...

JohnBoy

gouldings have a fairly comprehensive set of info here on their website.

what fertiliser you need to apply depends on what you're doing with the land. but with P&K being at indexes 3 and 4 I'd guess you wont need to apply too much more than nitrogen

kboc

according to this web site you need lots of N and some K

If you were to spread 1 bag of 18-6-12 (50 kg bags) then you would get

9 Kg/Ha of N
3 Kg/Ha of P
6 Kg/Ha of K

Based on the above you need the following:
You need 225 Kg/Ha of N = 25 Bags/Ha = 10 Bags/Acre;
You need 155 Kg/Ha of K = 26 Bags/Ha = 10.5 Bags/Acre.

So 10 bags/acre of 18-6-12 (50 Kg bags) should do the job.
This seems quite high, maybe I am wrong!

DMAXMAN

the results say you need 155kgs/ha(120 units) k(potash).if this is for silage you definitely need it as silage will rob your ground of k and you will get poorer response from nitrogen. if you are applying slurry it will supply most iirc slurry is reckoned at 30 units k per 1000 gals. if no slurry use either straight potash and nitrogen or 20.0.15. that fert is usually poor value compared to straightpotash and nitrogen but convenient

larthehar

DMAXMAN wrote: »

the results say you need 155kgs/ha(120 units) k(potash).if this is for silage you definitely need it as silage will rob your ground of k and you will get poorer response from nitrogen. if you are applying slurry it will supply most iirc slurry is reckoned at 30 units k per 1000 gals. if no slurry use either straight potash and nitrogen or 20.0.15. that fert is usually poor value compared to straightpotash and nitrogen but convenient

I agree straight nitrogen and potash is the cheapest way to go.. would not go with more than 80 units a pop of k.. so bag and a half of potash now and again in the fall.. ( approx €30/ac) straight nitrogen @ 85 units or 3 bags/ac (approx €50/ac) for roughly the same application of 20:0:15 4.5bags/ac (90 units of N and 70 units of K) approx €90/ac vs €80/ac and you have more K out for that..

These are rough prices and not direct quotes it will vary for coop to coop..

MikeSoys

Hi guys,
I got my 1st soil sample done and i'm researching (trying to!!!) how to read the results. Its a bit alien to me with all the mg/L...

I think the first column is just the pH level (although i dont know why its under a column called buffer - where it cant just say 'pH reading' or something??)...the lime required seems straight forward but I'm not getting the P and K info.

How to I work out how many bags/amount per Ha of both P and K???
when it just shows a mg/L and index value?? --

Im on a grassland only farm...
any advise is appreciated; thanks