Soil Test Nutrient Recommendations for Alabama Crops

 

Nutrient Recommendations for Alabama Crops

Nutrient recommendations are based on plant needs and current soil conditions. Use your soil test report and these tables to determine the amount of nutrients to apply for optimum crop growth.

Field Crops, Forage Crops, and Pastures
Turfgrass, Lawns, Golf Courses, Athletic Fields, and Roadsides
Gardens and Commercial Vegetable Crops
Shrubs and Flowers
Fruits and Nuts


 

Recommendations for Field Crops, Forage Crops, and Pastures (Code)

Perennial summer grass pasture (01)

Bermuda Hay (improved varieties) (02)

Perennial winter grass pasture (03)

Temporary summer grass pasture and johnsongrass (04)

Annual legume with small grain and ryegrass (05)

White clover, arrowleaf clover, red clover (06)

Perennial or late-maturing annual legumes with summer grass pasture (07)

Clover and winter perennial grass pasture (08)

Annual legume and summer grass pasture (09)

Cotton (10)

Corn (13)

Corn in rotation before soybeans (15)

Irrigated corn, corn, or sorghum silage (16)

Peanuts (17)

Annual legumes (19)

Southern peas (20)

Grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, sugarcane, and sunflower (21)

Alfalfa (22)

Sericea (23)

Soybeans (24)

Small grain-soybean rotation (25)

Tobacco (26)

Small grain or temporary winter grass pasture (27)


 

Recommendations for Turfgrass, Lawns, Golf Courses, Athletic Fields, and Roadsides (Code)

Bermuda, Zoysia, St. Augustine lawn (40)

Centipede lawn (42)

Winter lawn (43)

Golf green Tee, Commercial Sod (44)

Golf fairway (45)

Athletic field (46)

Roadside turf establishment (47)

Roadside turf maintenance (48)


 

Recommendations for Gardens and Commercial Vegetable Crops (Code)

Organic vegetable garden (59)

Home vegetable garden (60)

Commercial vegetable crops (61)

Tomatoes (62)

Sweet potatoes (63)

Irish potatoes (64)

Watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, lima beans, snap bunch beans, squash, and okra (65)

Sweet corn (66)

Pepper, pimiento (67)



Recommendations for Shrubs and Flowers (Code)

Shrubs and perennial flowers (80)

Azaleas, gardenias, and rhododendrons (81)

Roses, mums, and annual flowers (82)

Christmas trees (85)


Recommendations for Fruits and Nuts (Code)

Strawberries (89)

Peaches (90)

Muscadine grapes (91)

Apples and pears (92)

Plums (93)

Pecans (94)

Home orchards (95)

Blueberries (96)

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This document last modified May 1, 2000.