Lot2Learn
5 year old buck +
I just got the results back from my soil samples and the ph in my various orchards ranges from 4.6 to 5.4. Ugh.
I'll be top dressing with palletized lime ASAP and putting ag lime down in the Spring when we replant the surrounding food plots.
I've read that top dressing helps, but only in the top inch or two of the soil profile.
Three questions:
1. How deeply can I disk/till around the 2-3 year old apple/pear trees without damaging the roots?
2. What other ideas do you have for getting lime to affect the soil deeper than the top couple of inches?
3. Given the low ph, and thus the reduction in the tree's ability to uptake nutrients, should I increase the amount of fertilizer I put around the trees this Spring?
- Lot2Learn
I'll be top dressing with palletized lime ASAP and putting ag lime down in the Spring when we replant the surrounding food plots.
I've read that top dressing helps, but only in the top inch or two of the soil profile.
Three questions:
1. How deeply can I disk/till around the 2-3 year old apple/pear trees without damaging the roots?
2. What other ideas do you have for getting lime to affect the soil deeper than the top couple of inches?
3. Given the low ph, and thus the reduction in the tree's ability to uptake nutrients, should I increase the amount of fertilizer I put around the trees this Spring?
- Lot2Learn