I have used that pelletized gyps also, it won't raise your sulfur levels but It works I'm having a hard time getting my Sulfur levels to rise in my garden according to soil tests I take. I'm high in everything else P,K, micros, little high in ph also. I'm going to try spreading elemental sulfur (90%) to rapidly raise soil test S, and attempt to lower pH some. Elem sulfur, which half breaks down year 1, other half breaks down 2nd yr, sort of a slow release. Sulfur is very leachable, hard to keep it in soil profile. I also like AMS (21-0-0-26S) that form of sulfur is plant available very soon after spreading, so in spring/summer i like AMS. I heard some MI dry bean farmers spread urea/AMS on their beans mid season as they take more N than what they can produce? But if that's all too much just go to The farm store, buy some bagged 16-16-16 and spread it pre plant in spring.flowerbug said:
with the reduction in coal burning power plants and better air quality it may make sense for me to do a side by side trial in a garden for using some sulphur this spring. i have the elemental powder on hand for acidification, but i do not have any gypsum which will not have as much of an effect on the pH. gypsum is one of my amendment trials i'd like to do anyways since it will help improve the heavy clay in the gardens. if i can find a decent source of it.
This is my source for Gypsum. 40 pound bags of pellitized product for $12.75
NutraSoft OP Gypsum - 40lb Bag
NutraSoft OP Gypsum is a granulated gypsum soil amendment for lawns and gardens, with an analysis of 21% calcium and 16% sulfur. Gypsum adds calcium without raising the pH. It is also ideal for soils with high sodium as it removes harmful salts that can prevent seed germination and negatively...www.7springsfarm.com
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Won't be going away for any length of time until February.
Yes you could. I was speaking more of the "corn/soybean/wheat farmer methods for like big farmers haha" if you wanted to use elemental sulfur 90% in season in your garden that would be great, just remember it's more of a slow release than readily plant available as AMS is. So that crop that your putting it in may not benefit that much from it. To make it easy with one sulfur source that would be fine also.i wonder if you could add elemental sulfur to alfalfa pellets and then use that as your early to mid-season amendment?
i added some sulfur to my worm buckets last year and that was a mistake because they did not do well with the pH shift. the worm compost then went out into the gardens last spring and the tomatoes and onions did ok with it, but i'm not sure if it was easily leeched away or not. keeping worms in buckets without holes means that everything is kept in the buckets until it is put into the gardens. i don't collect leachate. for other possible acidifying amendments there is also urine which is often available for free (free wee, free willy?
