Singin’ the NPK Blues
Another great question came in this week at Ask Gardenerd:
“[I] did the soil test today. Turns out the pH is 6.0-6.5. The N,P, and K were depleted (even paler than depleted). No wonder my cover crop in this virgin soil is defeated. What is your recommendation to get these elements into the soil?”
First of all, I want to raise my hand and testify with you that I, too, have gotten the same test results in my garden at times. If soil could walk, it would have been the walking dead. That said, there are many ways to get …