I scoured the net, and I couldn't find an idea on how to address high zinc. Appreciate the hunt though. One interesting thing to note, I was talking to my soil scientist today, and he flat out told me he was not a fertilizer guy and my questions on how to translate my soil sample into an amendment plan is best left to someone other than him.
I'd get a second opinion on my reading Phil, but consider it.
I think you've got a hydrogen problem. If I'm reading it right, your "acidity" is your buffer pH, and it's low. The one test that is calling for 3000 lbs/ac lime is sounding accurate. I'd focus on the base saturation test. Where the test said you didn't need any, I'd still add pell lime at a rate of 1000 lb/ac to start and test again in a year or two. That should raise your pH closer to perfect and help get your hydrogen down. Should about fix the Mg and Ca as well. Here's a few things I've found helpful to read and interpret these things:
http://www.spectrumanalytic.com/support/library/ff/CEC_BpH_and_percent_sat.htm
Looking good! I wouldn't even really use the N for the cereal grains. they'll grow fine without it, and you'll actually probably be able to keep them tender. The brassicas might need some though.
Yep those numbers are correct! It's all one plot that comes in at just over 1/3 acre. The two .016's are individual strips in the plot that will be planted to different rotational mixes loosely based on LC's rotations.phil, how big are these plots? Is the "Acres" box correct? They are .16, .16, and .06? If they are that small, that is too bad. If they were larger, I would say get the ph up to about 6.8 to 7 and plant them with alfalfa to use up some of that P and K. Pumpkins and squash will use a bit more P. Soys will use up some P as well, but also not conducive to plots that small.:(
pH for the 3 tests are 6.2, 6.3, 6.4. So I'm thinking some additional lime will help. How will having a high CEC play into replacing the H cations with Ca cations?And the best way to get your hydrogen down is to replace the H cations with Ca cations, aka lime your plots, or use gypsum if your ph is at or above 7.
Understood on the H levels.....additional lime is in the works.What you have to do is get your hydrogen levels down. Base saturation is just the sum of the percentages of salts, hydrogen, K, calcium, and magnesium. If you get your hydrogen down, your others will come up as a percentage of the whole. Should put everything right where it needs to be.