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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 1456804" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>I do not like to spend money unnecessarily, BUT your statement that the broomsedge is becoming more prominent is telling me your soil is not as healthy as you think. One of the indicators of low pH is an increase in broomsedge. You need to get your soil pH to between 6 and 7 (closer to 7 if you want good clover). Liming low pH soils is like you taking RollAids or Tums for an acid stomach. If your pH is down to around 5.2 you are losing about 35% of the fertilizer efficiency. It is there but the plants can not take it up because it is tied up.</p><p></p><p>The reason we fertilize to make hay is two fold. 1) to improve yield and 2) to replace what you cut bale and haul off to be fed somewhere else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 1456804, member: 67"] I do not like to spend money unnecessarily, BUT your statement that the broomsedge is becoming more prominent is telling me your soil is not as healthy as you think. One of the indicators of low pH is an increase in broomsedge. You need to get your soil pH to between 6 and 7 (closer to 7 if you want good clover). Liming low pH soils is like you taking RollAids or Tums for an acid stomach. If your pH is down to around 5.2 you are losing about 35% of the fertilizer efficiency. It is there but the plants can not take it up because it is tied up. The reason we fertilize to make hay is two fold. 1) to improve yield and 2) to replace what you cut bale and haul off to be fed somewhere else. [/QUOTE]
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