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What Soil Tests Do You Do?

davidnj
13 years ago

I've been taking samples from our yard, so far 10. Maybe 15 total. Locally, we do the tests at Rutgers. However, which tests do we need? The areas being sampled is all in the lawn, about 1.5 acres.

Rutgers offers the three tests below:
Landscape


Level 1

Fertility Test:
Nutrients, pH, recommendations

$20



Level 2

Problem Solver (soil/plant suitability test):
Nutrients, pH, soluble salt level, organic matter content, soil textural class, recommendations

$50



Level 3

Topsoil Evaluation:
Nutrients, pH, soluble salt level, organic matter content, percentages of sand/silt/clay, soil textural class, gravel content, recommendations

$80

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