[MassChestnutOrchards] Soil testing for chestnuts - Westerly soil problems

[Yvonne Federowicz]

Thanks Guy-

The site is less than 1 mile from a salt marsh, and then the ocean ­ is that
final test on salts also worthwhile?

There is also the issue of how to categorize chestnut on the second page.


On 8/4/09 6:26 PM, "Guy Shepard" <tsuga35 at aol.com> wrote:

> Yvonne,
>   I have allways used "C" only $16.
>  Guy
> 
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> From: Yvonne Federowicz <Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu>
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> 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 ³C² - standard test plus organic matter?)
> 
> And
> 
> http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/soilbrochd.htm
> 
> (Choice #7, deciduous trees? Doesn¹t allow for acid-loving trees; would
> ericaceous be a better match for chestnut?)
> 
> 
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