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Understanding the chemical balances of your soil can mean the difference between a healthy growing season and sprouts that are not strong enough to survive the year. The pH levels in your soil regulate the nutrients your crops need to grow, distribute seeds and produce food. Soil acidity is a prevalent issue for many farmers

Last week, I was called to a golf course. The problem? Bermuda Sprigs not growing in fast enough to be covered by winter. So, I took two soil samples and had them sent off and tested. Hole #10 had a pH of 4.8; Hole #11 had a pH of 5.2. Nutrient levels including trace elements

A good pasture makes for healthy cows and sheep! Livestock love to graze on steep hillsides, the very place that is difficult to deliver the needed limes and fertilizers to make it lush.   Take soil tests at various locations, these tests will shock you as to how much they vary. Dump the different amount

Soil texture is important. The best soil on the planet for plants is a loam (a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.) to sandy loam. How do you get that?  Pure sand soils need organic matter in order to be able to hold moisture. These can be added with the Sides Spread-All Spreader! The Sides

The short answer is after taking a soil test to determine pH, adding lime to a low pH soil will grow you bumper crops and cut your fertilizer bill in half. Low pH soils hold your nutrients tight, so tight your plants can not get them. Change that, and all those nutrients are released to your

What is Sprigging? Sprigging is taking hybrid sprigs from one plot of turf grass to another location. This can be done anytime during its growing season, but I feel the best time is just when the turf grass is about to break winter dormancy. Be cautious of sprigging close to cold weather as your sprigs