This Week In the Garden
Taking a Soil Sample

To find out what nutrients you soil has, or what fertilizer you need, have your soil tested. Joellen Dimond, Director of Landscape at the University of Memphis shows how to use a trowel to get an accurate sample of your garden soil for testing. She takes soil samples from about 6 inches below the surface in several places and mixes them together to get a representative sample. You can send this sample to a lab to find out what nutrients are in your soil.

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Related Resources:
Soil Testing - University of Tennessee