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Originally Posted by Big Hutch

Testers do not give you enough information to determine whether or not you need to fertilize and how much. Mixes are costly and often contain 90% cheap seeds and 10% "premium" seeds.

Take a soil sample. Scratch back the leaves and grass and use a sharp shooter to take a plug of soil. Take at least 3 per foot plot and mix them together. The Soil lab needs at least a pint of soil for a good sample. When you fill out the information on the soil test sheet list peas, clover, wheat, and anything else you would like up to 5 choices. Put me down as the agent, Robbie Hutchins and put my address rhutchins@agcenter.lsu.edu. I should get an email of your test results. After you get it email me with a phone number and I will call you and talk to you about it. I do this every day.

PS that's good advice about enhancing native browse like blackberry, dewberry, honeysuckle, etc.

Robbie aka Big Hutch
Area Forestry /Wildlife Extension Agent

awesome!!