Bucket anon reporting in again. Holes looking largely the same but filling in nicely, top has filled in quite a bit but is showing contamination. Some contamination was expected and I will continue to grow the bucket to see how the oysters respond.
>>2029416You should 100% have a soil test done before buying any land you plan to utilize, might be excessive if you're buying a home on a quarter acre lot, but depending on location it may still be a good idea to have it tested for heavy metals/industrial wastes. As for remediation it depends. Soils don't magically generate nutrients, but they are self correcting to a certain extent. Low SOM can be remedied by adding biomass in a way suitable to your management system, Nitrogen deficiency can be solved by legumes or fertilizer (again within your management system) if you are low on specific nutrients you are really only able to fix this through additions of fertilizer and the same applies to pH adjustments. Remember that it is far far easier to add to soil than it is to remove from soil so if you're looking at something high that needs to be removed is a far bigger concern than something that's low and needs to be added. For example if your on an old peach orchard down south with very high zinc you are looking at years if not decades of corn production before zinc levels are low enough to grow certain zinc sensitive crops. Get a test done and consult an agronomist where necessary.
