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<blockquote data-quote="SDM" data-source="post: 1849411" data-attributes="member: 29631"><p>That's a VT test. You indicated pasture so the lab would recommend very little if any P at H- and no K at VH. If it's hay they would recommend some P. Except for pasture, VT will have a recommendation for everything below VH. It may be so little it's not economical, but they expect a crop response. The local extension office should be able to help you interpret the result. If not you can call the lab. I agree with the other comments. Put down the lime and some N and you're good. I'll add this. Depending on where you are in Central VA, if you want to encourage fescue. I'd put at least the N on in fall. The results won't be as dramatic, but I think over time you have less volunteer crab and bermuda and a stronger fescue stand. It was 93 here yesterday. Cool season grasses will start slowing down if it keeps up. Then the warm season stuff gets the nutrients.</p><p></p><p>A normal soil test won't include nitrogen as a parameter. The concentration will just be too variable to make decisions on. If you read the procedure for a pre-sidedress nitrate test for corn, you see the window for the sample and the application is narrow. The further out from when the sample is taken, the less applicable any recommendation will be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SDM, post: 1849411, member: 29631"] That's a VT test. You indicated pasture so the lab would recommend very little if any P at H- and no K at VH. If it's hay they would recommend some P. Except for pasture, VT will have a recommendation for everything below VH. It may be so little it's not economical, but they expect a crop response. The local extension office should be able to help you interpret the result. If not you can call the lab. I agree with the other comments. Put down the lime and some N and you're good. I'll add this. Depending on where you are in Central VA, if you want to encourage fescue. I'd put at least the N on in fall. The results won't be as dramatic, but I think over time you have less volunteer crab and bermuda and a stronger fescue stand. It was 93 here yesterday. Cool season grasses will start slowing down if it keeps up. Then the warm season stuff gets the nutrients. A normal soil test won't include nitrogen as a parameter. The concentration will just be too variable to make decisions on. If you read the procedure for a pre-sidedress nitrate test for corn, you see the window for the sample and the application is narrow. The further out from when the sample is taken, the less applicable any recommendation will be. [/QUOTE]
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