Soil testing

[Sequoia]

That's rad, I wish I could do that. Seems like soil voodoo.

 

[chris09]

I get mine done through Penn State, they charge $9.00 for a basic test.

"Add On's"
__ Organic Matter $5.00
__ Soluble Salts $5.00
__ Nitrate Nitrogen $5.00
__ Total Nitrogen (Combustion) $10.00
__ Ammonium Nitrogen $10.00
__ Total Carbon $15.00
__ Particle Size Analysis $20.00
__ Aluminum Stress Test for Forest Soils $9.00
__ Total Sorbed Metals $65.00
__ Mercury $35.00
__ Selenium $27.00
__ Arsenic $27.00
__ Molybdenum $27.00
__ Lead $27.00
__ PCBs $80.00
__ Fax Report (Cost Per page) $1.00

Chris

 

[MontyJ]

A&L Eastern does:

Organic Matter
Estimated Nitrogen Release,
Available Phosphorus,
Exchangeable Potassium,
Magnesium,
Calcium,
Hydrogen,
Soil pH,
Buffer Index,
C E C and Percent BaseSaturation of Cation Elements,
Sulfur,
Zinc,
Manganese,
Iron,
Copper,
Boron
Plus they give fertility recommendations (I take those with a grain of salt since I know my soils history better than the lab). The total cost for the test is $14.40 unless you want the Bray for P and ammonium acetate for the cations, then it's $16.30. I prefer the Bray so I go with the more expensive test.