Why Skipping Soil Testing Could Be Sabotaging Your Garden’s Root Development

Here’s why soil testing is essential: 1. Nutrient Deficiencies: A soil test reveals the nutrient levels in your garden, ...

Spring starts in the soil: Preparing silty-to-sandy soils for success

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...
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Soil Testing Labs

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...
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Soil Analysis for Farming: How to Collect a Soil Sample and Interpret Results

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...
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Soil Testing

Vanderburgh County Purdue Extension office provides Soil Testing Services to residents in the Tri-State area. You may bring a sample to our office and it will be sent off for testing to a lab located ...