NEMO | mjr05 - 11/18/2025 21:48
You really want to be confused? Pull a sample, mix it up real good, send it to the lab as 3 different samples in 3 different bags, and get 3 completely different results. And if you send it to multiple labs, your results will probably vary even more. Different times of year, more variation. Different soil moistures, more variation.
The more I learn about soil sampling, the more I'm beginning to think it's junk science.
I don't have any answers to help you, but my faith in soil sampling is very low. Someone convince me otherwise.
To add to your junk science, there are 6,272,640 places to get a inch soil sample just from one acre! So percentage wise pulling 10 core samples from a circle for that grid is insignificant.
I put zero faith in a soil sample. Especially when you read on here people claim that moisture,temperature and time of the year can affect the readings.
I fertilize off of removal and averages. |
Mass confusion on Ph, soil tests and fertility
