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Applied Calcium The Russell Calcium Experiment Approximately 3 tons of calcium was applied on a ten acre partition of Russell's land near Basin in 2001. Last year the yield was raised from nothing having ever grown at all to 40 bushel per acre from that partition. Russells affirmed that they could certainly tell a difference of the positive effects of calcium on the land. Alkali was prevalent and was allowing nothing to grow before application of the calcium.
Calcium on Kelso Land "...last year we had a number of other factors which may have affected where we put the calcium and other nutrients. Mainly, the part of the field we applied the calcium to last year had just been watered in late August the year before when the canals went dry, and the rest of the field was not watered. Last spring, the barley where we applied the calcium came up right away while the rest of the field did not, but we attributed that to the watered/not watered situation from the summer before. Consequently, the barley did better where the calcium was all summer, but was it because it came up earlier and had more early moisture, or was it the calcium application? Soil tests we did this spring did show a higher level of nutrients and lower pH where we put the calcium and other nutrients on, though. This year (2003) that field is planted to corn but I haven't had an opportunity yet to look for visual differences. I do want to put more calcium on that field in the future, however, as I think regardless of how the entire treated area responds to the test, the heavy alkali areas would definitely benefit." - George Kelso
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