Do you know your soil type?

That is one amazing site John ! How on earth have they mapped the soil types so accurately.
My soil is
Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils
Doesn't exactly trip of the tongue but I am going to impress someone when they ask !!:yess:

 

Good find John,

Naturally wet loamy & clayey floodplain soils.

 

Did it know that you were growing carrots as well Ziggy ? It knew I was :D

 

Seems useless for those who are colourblind and have dodgy eyesight.

 

something I will be buying in the spring is a decent soil testing kit .... been reading up about these and is good for testing lawns and flower beds before adding fertilizer

some people say one should not add fertilizer before testing?

 

Shallow lime-rich soil over chalk or limestone. Yep, that's it! Texture: loamy. I must admit it's a joy after London clay. You could spend days digging out a decent sized hole, only to discover that you had constructed a sump.

How many people would do a bit of soil research before moving to a new area? After my experiences on heavy clay, I think I would.

 

Freely draining, slightly acid sandy soil. Low fertility.

No kidding. Think I already new that.

One day of sunshine and it turns to dust.
Never seen a puddle in my garden in 23 years.
Eats as much compost/muck as I can throw at it.

 

Slowly permeable seasonally wet acid loamy and clayey soils

Not sure about the acid soil, but agree with the rest. Might have to test it myself now.

 

Hiya *dim*

My guess is that any test carried out AFTER adding fertiliser would be tainted/influenced.

 

have read the same comments on several forums but have the belief that if you test properly, (irresepective if you have fertilized prior), this will give you an indication of the current soil situation/composition, and will assist in the strength/formulation of the fertilizer that should be added?

 

CONCRETE AND TARMACADAM Low fertility not suitable for most vegetation :-) M90

Well that's what it would say if it went north of the border


Jack McH

 

"Current" being the objective term. IMO, one needs to know the underlying composition, especially when growing veg

 

just goes to show .... there is so much that I still need to learn, but I am ecstatic that you are at hand on Gardener's corner, so will be 'picking your brain' in the near future ....