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RE: Coffee and Raspberries Make A Good Match...Even Before Eating
That's so neat that you could test the soil and provide just what it needed!! Hopefully you will have more than $5 worth of berries and jam!
I know, right?! I've always meant to test the soil but this year I actually pushed myself to get it done before I had to get the beds ready in the main garden. It was well worth it because both the garden and the raspberries have done way better than usual. Now I just have to keep doing it so I can keep an eye on how my amendments are working.
Unless some catastrophe strikes (squirrels, I'm looking at you!) I think we'll get way more than $5 in yield, since raspberries always go between $1 per pint and $4 per pint, depending on where you get them. Even a flat from an orchard is typically $20. From what I see right now, I'd guess we're going to get the equivalent of a flat or perhaps a flat and a half.
that is so good, where do you get your soil tested?
I actually got a kit from the nursery and collected the samples and put them in the tubes and read the results. Not as comprehensive as the one I could do through the MSU extension office - that might be worth doing next to get finer info, but there was plenty to do with what I did get.