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<blockquote data-quote="JCDEERMAN" data-source="post: 5099986" data-attributes="member: 5787"><p>Soil test any time, as long as the field is ready. For instance, we had a 2.5 acre area clear-cut for a new food plot last week. I'm not going to do soil samples until all the dozer work is done and we are ready to plant. Lime now - pelletized lime starts becoming beneficial to plants earlier than ag (powder) lime. I'd say I've seen the benefits from pelletized lime in 3-6 months. With fertilizer, you can put that out whenever really. It is easier to get it all done in one "shebang".</p><p></p><p>When I refer to green manure, I am referring to all of the crops that are grown being put back into the soil. For instance, we have cereal rye that is 6.5 feet tall. We sprayed it and will drill our summer crop right through that rye and it will lay down on the ground protecting the soil, while at the same time start to decompose, releasing all it's nutrients back down into the soil. Essentially, that once green crop is terminated and is now laying on the ground like a mat 6" thick. It is acting as a greenhouse keeping moisture below / temperature low, while it is reflecting heat and resisting erosion. We are planting sorghum in our mix in 2 weeks, for the sole purpose of growing a big plant (like corn), terminating it and letting it lay on the ground again for that once green plant to decompose. We use a no-till drill, which vastly helps this process. Over the course of a couple years, all of that decomposing "green manure" will be a porous, rich soil that anything you try to grow has all the nutrients it needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JCDEERMAN, post: 5099986, member: 5787"] Soil test any time, as long as the field is ready. For instance, we had a 2.5 acre area clear-cut for a new food plot last week. I'm not going to do soil samples until all the dozer work is done and we are ready to plant. Lime now - pelletized lime starts becoming beneficial to plants earlier than ag (powder) lime. I'd say I've seen the benefits from pelletized lime in 3-6 months. With fertilizer, you can put that out whenever really. It is easier to get it all done in one "shebang". When I refer to green manure, I am referring to all of the crops that are grown being put back into the soil. For instance, we have cereal rye that is 6.5 feet tall. We sprayed it and will drill our summer crop right through that rye and it will lay down on the ground protecting the soil, while at the same time start to decompose, releasing all it's nutrients back down into the soil. Essentially, that once green crop is terminated and is now laying on the ground like a mat 6" thick. It is acting as a greenhouse keeping moisture below / temperature low, while it is reflecting heat and resisting erosion. We are planting sorghum in our mix in 2 weeks, for the sole purpose of growing a big plant (like corn), terminating it and letting it lay on the ground again for that once green plant to decompose. We use a no-till drill, which vastly helps this process. Over the course of a couple years, all of that decomposing "green manure" will be a porous, rich soil that anything you try to grow has all the nutrients it needs. [/QUOTE]
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