Get Soil Samples & Soil Testing - Go Green the Right Way!
Soil samples and soil tests are crucial to knowing what is in your garden soil - and more importantly - what NOT to add to your garden soil. Lots of people add to the water pollution every year by adding chemicals (fertilizers) that the soil does not need, and that gets washed away into rain water. Actually, if more people got soil tests they would be able to use less chemicals, and add only what is needed - which is more often than not, organic matter and less chemicals
Few people realize that their local university co-op extension probably has a small-fee soil test lab service, along with a (usually free) Master Gardener consultation program to discuss the soil test.
Learn what's in your soil today before you plant that next seed, bulb or flower!
Links to the State University Co-Op Extension in Your Area
- NJ Rutgers Univ Co-Op Ext Soil Test Program
- With all the links to find the Co-Op Extension Office in your County of NJ. Very minimal fees for soil tests.
- PA Penn State Soil Testing Services
- Soil Testing at Penn State
- MD Univ MD Co-Op Ext Soil Testing Svcs
- Soil Testing at University of Maryland
- DE Univ of DE Soil Testing Program
- Soil Testing at University of Delaware
- VA Virginia Co-Op Ext Soil Testing Svcs
- Soil Testing at Virginia Cooperative Extension
- NC Dept Agriculture - Soil Testing Services
- Soil Testing at North Carolina Department of Agriculture
- SC Clemson Extension - Soil Testing
- Soil Testing at Clemson University Cooperative Extension
- GA Univ of GA Co-Op Ext - Soil Testing
- Soil Testing at University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
- FL Univ of FL Extension - Soil Testing Services
- Soil Testing at University of Florida Cooperative Extension
- CA - UCal Davis article about Commercial Labs
- California appears not to have a Cooperative Extension Soil Testing Service, but this article does list about 5 labs that have nominal fees.
- TX A&M Co-Op Ext - Soil Testing Program
- Soil Testing at Texas A & M Cooperative Extension
- NY Cornell Univ Co-Op Ext
- Rather than a centralized page about soil testing, each County's page lists its services that it provides, which usually includes soil testing for a nominal fee.
- CT UConn - Soil Testing Program
- Soil Testing at University of Connecticut
- RI - URI Soil Testing Program
- Soil Testing at University of Rhode Island in conjunction with UMass
- MA - UMass Soil Testing Program
- Soil Testing at University of Massachusetts
Composting Books
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
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Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey's Down-to-Earth Guides)
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TheresaMarkham
Hi Andre! Posted May 27, 2008 |
Hello, my name is Andre, and i want to plant a garden in an area of my 2 acres that had some old tires, metal, and corroded cans of paint and just a bumch of junk on it for a long time. I wanted to get the soil tested first to make sure that nothing funky seeped into the soil. I live in Tampa, Fl. Does anyone know if U of Tampa, or USF (Univ of South Fl) has this program? Please email me at: apk8181@yahoo.com. Any advice on what I mentioned was there? Am i being too paranoyd?
Posted May 24, 2008
Check out Midwest Laboratories Inc. http://store.midwestlabs.com
Midwest offers many soil packages at very reasonable prices with a high level of quality and quick turnaround time of three days.
Check out the packages online.
Posted February 10, 2008
Commercial Soil Testing Labs
- Midwest Labs, Omaha, NE
- Brent recommended this soil testing lab in Nebraska. I checked out its website and it offers lots of other tests (in addition to soil tests) that people might be intereste in, e.g. food testing, pet food testing, manure testing, water testing, and more.
Why might you want to use a commercial lab for a soil test? Well, here's 2 reasons:
1. more bang for your buck
2. faster test results
I looked at the soil test packages and they ARE VERY reasonable - a free soil test, and others ranging from $10 to $30 (apx.) that might likely offer more details than your average co-op soil test. You decide what's right for your needs. [And thanks Brent for sharing this recommendation with us!]
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