Soil Series 2: Soil testing for your lawn. Here’s what I am looking for.
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- People often think that I am anti-soil test, that’s definitely not the case. I believe that soil testing should be a roadmap to creating a better program. Often times soil test are used only to sell fertilizer and do not dig in to underlying issues. This video explains what I look for and of the reason I do. I would invite anybody to send copies of their soil test to me and I would be more than happy to interpret them and help build a better, more robust program. click here to have your soil report analyzed.
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just two words thank you
I love the way you explained this. I also am very happy to know I don't need to keep adding "stuff" randomly because a soil test "recommended" pound to be added.
Next season is going to be incredible because of this education. Thank you.
Thank you for explaining/teaching the truth about soil and fert. You make so much sense. I feel like I’m taking a college course, gaining applicable knowledge along the way through your videos . I’m just a guy trying to grow a healthy strong organic lawn in Vegas for my kids to play on. I’ve been using your bio stimulant package through LCN and GCI and I have one of the best lawns on my street and I feel good about how I’m achieving it.
I really like the way you communicate your information. It is accessible and I don’t feel like a science nerd is talking at me. I have a lot of videos to catch up on but I am eager to get to it! Looking forward to even more success in my lawn! Thanks!
Hey John,
I’ve been listening to a lot of your content. May I send you a few photos of my lawn?
My TTTF/KBG has been thriving. It’s thick, was consistent green color ( been using your RGS) but listening to all this info on dethatching, aerating and now I’m dealing with nothing but patches of lime green throughout my turf. You hear knowing your ph ( mine is 7.2), applying nitrogen in the fall, using a good quality seed, timing your pre- emergent, etc. only to experience issues like this.
It’s frustrating.
But would appreciate your thoughts if I could forward you photos. Thanks for your content.
Great video! You are really helping me learn about my soil!
Great info John. Always love you scientific vids. I think they are the most important information you can share with your audience. Keep up these types of videos. As always thanks for taking the time out of your day to educate us!! It is very much appreciated.
Chad Fleming thanks chad
I'll take you up on this offer this spring! We are buying 2 acres of corn field and building our new home. In over my head on this one as everything I have heard is the soil will be depleted of nutrients from the current harvest. Starting from scratch. Great video! Thanks for making my current lawn more healthy this season than it has ever been.
Jason Grubb let me know how I can help
Just a stab in the dark, but that's probably still more fertile soil than most sub divisions where all the top soil is scraped off? At least your starting with soil that had roots growing in it.
Ryan Smith true
You keep outdoing yourself John. Good stuff. Looking to do a soil sample in the Spring as I just put in a new lawn. Wanted to put some RGS down today, but it’s pouring and creating a leave mess everywhere. Oh well, I’ll just have to do it tomorrow. Thanks again John for you willingness to help and teach. #MakeMyLawnGreatAgain!
Kevin Stewart thanks Kevin!
Love what you do. Thank you so much for all the knowledge you share.
I’ll have to look for the video, but did you do a video or talk about what your soil tests were from?Ward?
Thank you for your videos and content very helpful and it’s more than just opinions.
Ward and Spectrum analytics
Thanks again John...very informative as usual.
You sir, are a generous person. Just watching this help me understand my test. I will take you up on the offer to send my test to you , If I can pay you back or pay for your time . I am already fully vested in Green County products and believe they have chraged my soil but I believe my lawn is missing something or lets say is wanting more. Scott in Louisville, Ky
Great stuff. John! Thought provoking as always.
You really break down the science and make it accessible to anybody at any level.
So I’m about to be doing a Reno using RPR In Upstate NY. Soil is off the chains high in Phos!!!! Will that phos be available to the seed or should I use lime to activate the phos? Or just put down a. 1-0-1 fert and call it a day.
You can probably just use N
Thanks for this content, John. I learn a ton from you. I will definitely be sending you my next soil test results with my own thoughts of what I need to do, to see how I'm learning and to see how they compare to your interpretation and thoughts. Cheers!
I love this, the video I just uploaded kind of dovetails on this yet in a much less scientific way - not planned either as you know, but just shows that your teaching is reaching! That said, if you get soil tests from my peeps they will many times be SUPER high in Phos which is why we need to start backing down some. See you next week bro!
The Lawn Care Nut I’ve been getting lots of soil savvy tests form all over. I wish the included CEC and OM... it paints a more robust picture
Love that Milo!!! but that N:P ratio hurts...
Curious what you mean be the N:P ratio... can you expand on that? I get asked often if there is a preferred ratio for NPK and there is not. The few people who preach that have done the most damage to soil this century than erosion could do in eons.. Soil fertility is science, not a simple ratio. The soil is going to dictate what the plant gets, not a ratio.
I was referring to the amount of P per lb of N in Milo. If I keep using Milo for my N source, I am putting down a lot of P. Since grass uses more N than P, if I keep adding a similar amount of P to N, then the P level will end up sky high. Also, since I keep mulching, that P keeps increasing. Granted, I have heard some of your programs are running N as low at 1.5N/M/yr and perhaps at that level, it wouldn't be a problem with the N:P ratio of milo depending on what you're starting with in the soil.
gotcha. yeah, loading soil at 1lb per K of N via milo give you have a pound of P. P in lawns even in low Phos soils will build because of what you are doing with clippings and growing roots. that phos will tie up the soil eventually if they continue to use Milo as their only nitrogen source.
1st takeaway ... mulch, don’t bag. 2nd ... pH is important ... etc. By the way, I caught the 8 on the bottle and thought nah... not sipping Air8? Enjoy your evening ... thanks for your thoughts!
Jeff Runquist red 1448 a nice California wine highly rated. Something tells me if you drank Air-8 you'd have a sour stomach and be on the pot all night😂😂😂
It’s a great time of year to take a soil sample! Do it before spring green up so you can prepare!!
I just found out my soil is as high as pH 8.3 (essentially baking soda). My best grass is in an area of pH 8.1. My goal of 6.5 will take years to achieve. I wish I had known this long ago, but it’s too late in the season to put down sulphur and have it be fully changed into sulphuric acid by biological activity (my Bermuda will be going dormant within a month).
koomo801 I would do it now just to start getting it washed down. It takes such a long time to break down.. make hay while the sun shines!
Another great video. I've seen amazing results with your N-ext products and and looking forward to the Spring, to see how good it can be after getting the soil healthy.
The science lives here.
+Matt Peters 👍🏻👍🏻
Dr. John,,,,,,, Thanks again for your compassion on what you do, I have learned something from you that is more important now more than ever, Just listen and apply the knowledge that you share.
Here's the deal,, Not once have you ever said to buy your 3 pack CD collection (Tony Robbins CDS ) Or better yet, Tell me one thing good that happens fast ? Transversion and results are what I'm after and what John is trying to get in are heads, Rodger Penske has always said === Effort = Results And I didn't have to join the dollar shave club for 50 bucks. I have had stunning results just buy listing and adopting the good information giving. Your results may very, one click off of stunning may require a bit more effort on your part. ( Me got Grass)
Dennis Page thank you Dennis! You are right, effort AND education equal results. Learn, connect is together, grow.
Love your videos. This is a bit off topic but, you have my exact flooring on your wall. Oh and your products in my garage...
Tony Falcone lol. I am at a resort in the mountains and it looks so much like my new floor I was laughing when I saw it
Wow...mind blown. Keep the info coming. Would love to see this info on paper. Very good info.
Too bad you guys aren’t still based out of Kearney, NE but at least Ward Laboratories is still here. Very curious how GCF products will effect my soil this year. I’ll be testing 2 or 3 zones of my lawn before I start this year and once again late in the Fall when I’m done.
send me those reports when you can!
Lawncology can do :) I hear you like Ward Laboratories so I’m sure you’ll trust them.
Good stuff bro.
This is such a great explanation of carbon recycling. Out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on using your lawn clippings along with other sources to produce compost and applying the compost on the lawn? I would assume it’s a similar process but could direct it to fixing troubled areas. I just don’t like the clippings on the lawn so I try to collect them when I can but understand the benefits of leaving them so trying to find that balance.
In your wine glass example there the CEC value would be the volume of your glass, right?
John question have you looked into response of plants, just being cut off after being on your program?
79mini yes. We did ag studies for years and led us to using our products as a starter/conditioner in high N crops. We were able to see an OM build in a few short season wig only applying 2-3 gallons of material per season along side a slightly less nitrogen app
Within a seasonal cycle, is/are there optimal times to take a turf sample for testing? My soil in central OH came out alkaline both times tested ... so I applied Mag-I-Cal Alkaline from JG. I’m certain another test in perhaps March would once again show Alkaline. Do the NeXt biostim products such as Humic12, RGS or Aerate contribute to the organic content side of things as well?
Milan Jurich question: if you’re soil is alkaline, why did you apply the a cal-mag product? This would raise pH not lower. Acids, sulfur, iron and so forth will contribute to lower ph. Email your test results, I’d like to see them. Take your test in late fall or early spring before growing season.
Lawncology Jonathan Green makes 2 different soil pH products unfortunately both labeled as Mag-I-Cal. One issued to raise while the other is used to lower the pH. I used their Alkaline product a few months ago after my last soil test to lower the pH. Not a fan of their naming protocols. It would be cool if you had DIY products that address soil pH to spray on if it’s critical to nutrient uptake.
Watched this again with my soil sample results in front of me ... what a difference it makes to have it available & listen once more. Folks ... take John up on his offer to review your results ... enlightening!
Can the acids in a 3 way herbicide cause any problems in the soil environment? Would a high rate application of weed control cause a sudden drop in the ph of a lawn ?
Steve Willey actually, it can be the opposite in most cases. the pH of soils can adversely affect the results of herbicide as can the solution itself. There is not enough material applied in three way to change pH
If trimec acid can KILL a yard full of ground ivy,plantain,dandelions,whistle etc could it might make some stressed out grass a little chlorodic...
Steve Willey for sure.
Thanks for the video. Watched it twice already, I'm really trying to obsorb all this information. If my pH is a hair under 7 am I OK? Sandys soil, kbg. Thanks
Mean Green 6.5-7 is considered optimal for nutrient release
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Help...what causes long turf fescue (SoCal) to turn orange (not rust fungus)? Overwatering?? Lack of nutrition??
Zachary S Brennan send me a pic and give me the history of materials applied. Could be phos deficient, or many other things
This is an elementary question apparently. What does "CEC" stand for or mean? What does it do for your lawn?
Ben Harrison cation exchange capacity. It’s a good thing to know when starting any soil based project
@@Lawncology John, thanks for the reply. Do you have a video explaining CEC? If so, would you please give me a link? If not so, maybe you could make a video giving an explanation and example about CEC. John, as always, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
Ben Harrison lets do that one next!!!
Well said..... I've never done a soil sample.... kind of wish i had so you could look at it and help me beat the fungus that attacks my st aug every year. Thanks again for sharing
JohnMooreLive grab some and send it to ward labs. The S5 test they offer is a complete view.
I was thinking of waiting till Spring to send in a soil test. Should I wait or do it now?
what are your recommendations for type of sod for clay rocky soil. I live outside of st.louis missouri
how to rid a perfect Bermuda lawn of Worm Casting Earth WWorms who leaves dirt mounds that's ugly
Earth works pushing up soil is a clear drainage issue. do you have soil test you can send me?
no, would like to email or text you photos
Earth worms
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I thought Doc talked slowly...
Steve Willey I’ve been told I need to slow down. I talk very fast when I lecture and sometimes forget to breathe 😂😁
I'll take you up on this offer this spring! We are buying 2 acres of corn field and building our new home. In over my head on this one as everything I have heard is the soil will be depleted of nutrients from the current harvest. Starting from scratch. Great video! Thanks for making my current lawn more healthy this season than it has ever been.
Jason Grubb thank you Jason. I’ll help how ever I can.