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I am fairly new to gardening. I have done a few small gardens over the years but honestly I do not really know what i'm doing! This year I decided to send my soil off for testing. Here are the results. They recommend 12-0-0 for organic fertilizer at 2.5 lbs per 100 sq ft.    I see several things are high. Does that mean I need to counter act it with another mineral etc. or just follow the 12-0-0 organic fertilizer protocol. We have clay soil. Help!
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you need to up your nitrogen for sure to grow vegetables.  manure and compost will do the job as compost adds boron.
there are lots of options for nitrogen, I use aged cow manure. dried blood is good etc... You are high on the PH for most vegetables as well. Thats what the sulfer will do, lower your PH. 6.5 is what I aim for.
Clay soil holds Phosphorus and potassium, you wont need to add any for quite a while, adding any organic matter will help those levels as well.
Leaf mold and compost both work well for most all soil problems.
 
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