[MassChestnutOrchards] Soil testing for chestnuts - Westerly soil problems

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Yvonne,
 


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From: Yvonne Federowicz <Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu>
To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org <masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org>
Sent: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 6:19 pm
Subject: [MassChestnutOrchards] Soil testing for chestnuts - Westerly soil problems


Hi folks,

URI no longer does soil testing so we need to use Umass or UCT to figure out what is going on at Westerly.  On the Umass soil test website there are several choices... Do we have a standard one to use?

I am looking at:

http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/soilbrochc.htm

(Choice “C” - standard test plus organic matter?) 

And

http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/soilbrochd.htm

(Choice #7, deciduous trees? Doesn’t allow for acid-loving trees; would ericaceous be a better match for chestnut?)






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