Friends of Wolf Run
Lawn
and Garden Soil Sampling project
Goal: To make homeowners
aware of nutrient management on their lawns, to attempt to modify their
application rates to reduce the amount of phosphorus being applied in the
watershed.
Program Elements:
·
FOWR has
convened a task force to carry out the project.
·
We have
received KRA funding. Cost around $1,000
·
Sampling kits are
now available by e-mailing us at friend@wolfrunwater.org
.
·
Soil samples,
carefully collected according to instruction (see Kentucky Cooperative
Extension Service publication AGR16, Taking
Soil Test Samples), and delivered with the necessary information to the
local
·
Samples are
then sent to the
·
Homeowners
would be provided with results and excerpts from Extension Service publication
AGR-1, Lime and Fertilizer
Recommendations.
·
Results would be compiled for the watershed and discussed at
the community meeting.
Here is a summary of average nutrient values for spring water samples in
Inner Bluegrass combined by land use designation.
Land use Analyte Avg
in mg/l
Crop Phosphorus, Total
0.537 Nitrate (as N) 10.335
Pasture Phosphorus, Total 0.416 Nitrate (as N) 6.290
Residential Phosphorus, Total 0.360 Nitrate (as N) 3.575
Commercial Phosphorus, Total 0.286 Nitrate (as N) 2.241
E-Mail: friend@wolfrunwater.org Web Site: WWW.WolfRunWater.ORG