Soil Testing

Understanding soil tests allow lawn managers to effectively grow lawns and productive gardens by knowing what is missing from the soil and how to improve it.

Diferentes suelos tienen diferentes necesidades; por lo tanto, comience a comprender cómo los fertilizantes afectan su jardín y sus deseos individuales.

Soil solarization is a safer alternative to fumigation for controlling soilborne problems, learn about the practices and principles of this process.

Testing soilless growth media requires sampling procedures, test methods and interpretations different from those used for routine field soil testing.

Soil, water and plant samples should be submitted for testing to learn sampling techniques, understand test result interpretations and get recommendations.

Different soils have different needs; therefore, begin to understand how fertilizers affect your garden and their individual desires.

Understand how sample collections might impact the parameters of soil health assessments and how the parameters change as a function of management practices.

Descriptions of the soil, forage and water tests from the OSU Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory team for the agricultural community.