Acid washed dishes, Prepared Color Reagent (2 L) 200 ml phosphoric acid 80 gm sulfanilamide, 2.0 gm N-1-naphthylethylenediamine dihydrochloride, Dilute to 2L with Nanopure H2O.

Lachat run GLBRC Scale up Lux Arbor 12/07/2023.

Collect LTAR leachate, collect leaf litter from traps in T5, G8, CF and DF, BCSE gas chamber prep (all needed to be installed post-harvest) - Emily, Slater, Olivia, Andie, Trajana, Mae, Brian

Measure and filter LTAR leachate, BCSE gas vial and tote prep -

Evacuate LTAR lysimeters - Emily, Slater, Mae, Trajana, Brian

T7 post-frost plant sampling - Slater, Brian, Trajana, Mae, Olivia

Weigh plants - Olivia, Emily

Lachat run GLBRC MLE MN (Escanaba) soil 10/09/2023 - original sample had contaminated KCL, soil was reextracted on 2/21/2024.

Reconditioned Cadmium Column.

Deep core of Switchgrass N Rate trial started today. KK/DW We cored the western 6 plots, 12 cores just after strip harvest.

Weigh plants - Slater

Subsampling MLE plants for BAF CN - Andie

Filter LTAR soil extracts -

Changed actuator w/ Dave on chamber 1-6, also found a line break on 1-4. 1-3. Repaired. 5-4 and 5-5 overextended lids.

Installed bases on BAU to the south of ASP tower. Coordinates agreed upon by Brook and double checked by Josh D. Used new 24” auger to excavate hole for base. Filled with 6 bags of concrete after adding two bags of sand and three bags of gravel. KK/DW

LTAR Series 25 gas sampling - Emily, Mae, Trajana, Andie (Hydrosense)

Finish N-deposition fertilization (CF3 only) - Alyssa, Brian

Finish installing BCSE station flags -

Post-frost plant sampling in T7, 4mN, 4mW of each station flag to the SE corner of 2x0.5m frame, just UNSRT and SURFL -

Removed all chambers from SWFG study for harvest.

Weigh LTAR soil for extraction and moisture - Mae, Emily

Weigh soybeans - Olivia, Alyssa

Prep LTAR gas vials, totes - Brian, Trajana

Pack CN (2020 LTER plants) - Emily

BAF subsampling - Mae

Final forest fertilization (N-deposition microplots), finished all except CF3 - Alyssa, Slater, Olivia

Prep LTAR gas chambers; replace BCSE station flags in G1,3,4,5,7,9,10, finished R1-3 - Brian, Trajana

Weigh soybeans - Emily

Sieve LTAR soil -

Finish grinding LTER 2023 Resource Gradient -

LTAR soil sampling - Slater, Andie, Brian, Mae, Trajana

Adjusted all chamber heights in gashog to reflect reinstalled ht.

Acid washed dishes, Lachat run SWF 8/15/2024 soil (Ashim).

Checked rain gage. Voltage correct at both ends. Cleaned tipping area of thick spider web which may have prevented tipping. Tipped a few times to check, need to delete.

Dishes - Olivia, Mae, Andie, Emily

Start subsampling GLBRC plant CN backlog to send to Biomass Analytical Facility for CN analysis there - Emily, Mae

Grind LTER 2023 Resource Gradient - Slater

Weigh LTER soybeans - Brian, Olivia

Filter LTER soil extracts - Brian, Trajana

Shred G2 sorghum -

Install BAU1 station flags - Emily, Andie

Weigh LTER soil for extraction and moisture -

Filter LTER T3, T4 station and strip extracts -

Dishes -

Removed G5 autochambers for microplot harvest in the afternoon. Turned off chambers on gashog.

Finish LTER soil sampling -

Install station flags in ASP4 -

GC Run SWFG series39 10/8/2024 2 vials out of order at sampling: 14 and 15 were switched at sampling, so will be run in the order …12, 13, 15, 14, 16, 17…. GC Run SWFG series41 10/23/2024 2 vials out of order at sampling: 93 and 94 were switched at sampling, so will be run in the order …92, 94, 93, 95, 96….