Home Garden and Landscape Plantings
Nutrient recommendations for individual plantings as well as the entire
"Home Garden and Landscape Plantings" section will be available soon. All files
will be in .PDF format. In order to print
them you will need Adobe Reader. To download the free Adobe Reader software,
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Section 4A: Home Garden and Landscape Plantings
1. Acid Loving Shrubs
2. Bermudagrass -- Zoysiagrass Lawns
- Establishment
3. Bermudagrass -- Zoysiagrass Lawns
-- Maintanence
4. Blueberries
5. Bluegrass - Fescue - Ryegrass
Lawns - Establishment
6. Bluegrass - Fescue - Ryegrass
Lawns - Maintanence
7. Deciduous Shrubs
8. Evergreen Shrubs and Trees
9. Flowerbeds -- Annuals and
Perennials
10. Flowering Trees
11. Fruit Trees (Apples, Cherries,
Nectarine, Peaches, Pears and Plums)
12. Groundcovers
13. Herbs
14. Roses
15. Shade Trees
16. Strawberries
17. Vegetable Gardens
Calculating the Lime Recommendation
To determine the lime requirement for a site, follow these steps:
- Select the appropriate lime table from the list below based upon the target pH of the crop as
listed in the recommendation section. Locate the value in the table where the
Water pH row (shown along the left side of table) and
the Buffer pH column (shown across the top of the table) intersect (see
example).
- Determine whether a lime credit is necessary. Lime credits are used to
account for any lime that was applied in the past 18 months which has not
had a chance to react. The equation for calculating the lime credit and an
example can be obtained by clicking here.
- Determine the the type of lime recommended (e.g., calcitic or dolimitic)
by clicking here .
University of Delaware Lime Tables
These tables are designed to be used with the Adams-Evans buffer pH. If the
lime requirement test was performed by laboratory using a different buffer
method, contact the laboratory for the appropriate lime tables.
Target pH 5.2 -- Blueberries
Target pH 5.6 -- Acid-loving shrubs; black high organic
matter soils
Target pH 6.0 -- Most home garden and landscape plantings
Target pH 6.5 --
Athletic fields, industrial lawns and golf course turf,
All
Lime Tables -- This .pdf file contains copies of all five lime tables
for home garden, landscape and turf plantings as well as a table of target
pH values used by the UD Soil Testing Program.
Home Garden and Landscape Soil Test Notes
Soil Test Note 1: Explanation of Laboratory Tests
Soil Test Note 8: Interpretation of the Soluble Salts Test
Soil Test Note 9: Fertilizing Bluegrass and Fescus Lawns
Soil Test Note 10: Fertilizing Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass Lawns
Soil Test Note 11: Fertilizing Home Vegetable Gardens
Soil Test Note 13: Fertilizing Ornamental Plantings
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