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TOPIC: Soil analysis' are back.

Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 6 months ago #22694

Hey I remember that pic! Now that was a nice dig, huh Tn?

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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 6 months ago #22695

Yes it was Hill...

My birthday is Sept 3rd... and my company gives us our birthday off work.

That was in 2010 and on my 49'th birthday that I found that spot on that bluff where all of those big bueaties were growing.

The thing that stood out about them was the tops were all big and stout with fat round ended leaves (really healthy looking) and the roots were short and extremely fat (bulby roots) and most were over 1 oz.. up to 1.8 oz... and they only have like 5-8 flats on the root neck.

They were not old at all based on the root neck flat counts, but in a short amount of time had matured nicely into basically ideal seng roots.

PS - That bluff faces almost due east, so in the morning hours they were getting lots of sunshine, but then after about noon, nothing but indirect light the rest of the day. If seng is going to get a lot of sun, then that would be they way to do it, morning sun. Good Light but without the heat of the evening sun.

It was definately working for those plants.

TNhunter

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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 6 months ago #22696

Good lord, that was almost three years ago. Time flies way too fast.

Hillhopper

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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 6 months ago #22730

I'd be real interested in seeing what the soil analysis of that was..... BTW very nice looking plants!

Does the Persons book show optimal soil values?

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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 6 months ago #22740

Whitjr wrote:

I'd be real interested in seeing what the soil analysis of that was..... BTW very nice looking plants!

Does the Persons book show optimal soil values?



Basically what Dr. Persons says in his book is that there really hasn't been enough studies on this to provide optimal ranges, but the studies that have been done have shown a strong correlation between high calcium - low PH soils and healthy stands of wild ginseng. Hope this helps Whit

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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 6 months ago #22743

High Ca replaces Hydrogen ion from its bound with other elements, so to make it free and that drops the pH or increase the acidity of the soil. So low pH could be due to high Ca. If you add Ca to the soil, it may drop your soil pH.

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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 6 months ago #22749

That's sorta what I was remembering.. haven't studied the Person's book for about a year now.

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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 5 months ago #22930

some of the new little guys 1
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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 5 months ago #22931

Above and below photos is from my patch #2
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Re:Soil analysis' are back. 11 years 5 months ago #22932

some more, from patch #1. See the big ones? I think those are 2 yr olds.
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