Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Garden
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 02-29-2024, 01:20 PM
 
1 posts, read 322 times
Reputation: 10

Advertisements

Hi all!

I'm new to gardening and thought I should get my soil tested. I was wondering if anyone had any lab recommendations? Thank you! Caleb

Last edited by Rance; 03-02-2024 at 12:14 AM..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 02-29-2024, 03:41 PM
 
Location: Avignon, France
11,162 posts, read 7,961,718 times
Reputation: 28962
Why not just buy yourself a soil test kit and test your own soil?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-29-2024, 05:22 PM
 
Location: In the Pearl of the Purchase, Ky
11,087 posts, read 17,540,294 times
Reputation: 44414
I know you can do this for your yard, but, here in Kentucky, you can take a soil sample to your county extension office. Here it will be shipped to University of Kentucky, analyzed and they send you a print out of what you need.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-29-2024, 11:00 PM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
19,750 posts, read 22,661,296 times
Reputation: 24907
You local county extension is the place to start. Here's the link to our extension office on the soil testing page.

https://www.montana.edu/extension/le...soil-test.html
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-01-2024, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Virginia
10,093 posts, read 6,431,418 times
Reputation: 27660
Quote:
Originally Posted by Threerun View Post
You local county extension is the place to start. Here's the link to our extension office on the soil testing page.

https://www.montana.edu/extension/le...soil-test.html
I agree. As a Master Gardener, we hand out free soil test kits at every public event so that people will get their soil tested and receive really extensive reports from Virginia Tech. It's very cheap as well.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-01-2024, 08:18 AM
 
Location: In the Pearl of the Purchase, Ky
11,087 posts, read 17,540,294 times
Reputation: 44414
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bungalove View Post
I agree. As a Master Gardener, we hand out free soil test kits at every public event so that people will get their soil tested and receive really extensive reports from Virginia Tech. It's very cheap as well.
My dad always wanted the fullest green yard he could get. Got the soil sample results back and, I don't remember what he was told to put on the yard, but for about a month he had to mow twice a week.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-01-2024, 09:02 AM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
19,750 posts, read 22,661,296 times
Reputation: 24907
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bungalove View Post
I agree. As a Master Gardener, we hand out free soil test kits at every public event so that people will get their soil tested and receive really extensive reports from Virginia Tech. It's very cheap as well.
Yup my wife is a MG as well. Those reports are great.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:

Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Garden

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top