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>last year all but a hand full of plants had shit for root systems (end of season clean up some plants were just a stick in the dirt, no roots)
>low K?
>despite this all plants grew big and green
>did have all kinds of problems
>bottomend rot
>stem rot
>wilted/burnt leaves
>beautiful gigantic lettuce heads completely rotted on the inside
>still had a good harvest despite problems
>only lost 1/4 of harvest
>this year test soil and try amend
>40lbs cow manure compost per 100sq ft
>pound of gypsum per 100sq ft, not clay but always a bitch to till
>Ph - 7.0, added pound sulfur per 100sq ft, aiming for 6.5
>N - depleted, wtf why so much green growth
>P - could not get a reading
>K - surplus, wtf why no roots
plz help w-whats wrong with soil? why plants half dead? why good portion of harvest rotted?