The Music is by:
Kevin MacLeod, http://incompetech.com/
the song is: "Impact Moderato"
Soil Testing for Agriculture, Construction, and Lawn
Tester Laboratory- Best Prices Anywhere EVER!
Routine Soil Analysis - $6.00 Per sample
I want to bring your attention to Soil testing today and where exactly you should take it
The best  laboratory to use is  Mississippi State University. They do a fantastic job and
it's by far the cheapest single test
that I've come across at $6 soil sample
I think you'll agree that if you've been
going anywhere else it's not your best
interests. There's a few different ways,
I'm not gonna go over using a soil probe
I don't have a soil probe.  You can
use it drains Spade, regular shovel or a garden trowel.
What the laboratory wants is a sample taken from 6 inch depth
sliver of soil about one pint which is about a little over two cups of soil
and they want  you to remove the organic debris and the rocks before you send it away
You can go to the Mississippi State
University website
and I'll give you that link in a second
here they have all the paperwork you can print out
you can actually review everything and go through directions
more in detail I just once again wanted
to draw your attention to where you
should be getting your soil samples done
because it's $6 a sample.
I recently called AgSource laboratories in
Wisconsin and over the phone they just
told me their current prices $18 for a
garden sample. So if you're going to
anywhere else other than Mississippi
State University it's not in your best
interest
Basically what you want to do is take
whatever you're going to use
Take a small amount of soil from the top 4 to 6 inches and place it in a bucket.
Repeat this process 15 to 20 times from different places in the area or plot you are sampling.
Use a separate sample box for each area.
for example, one sample box for the
side lawn, one sample box for the front
lawn,
and one sample box for the vegetable
garden.
Put your name, address, and sample number
on each box of soil.
Mail it to:
Soil Testing Laboratory, Box 9610
Mississippi State, MS 39762
once again everything will be in the
Description box for this video
thank you very much for watching have a
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