A $20 UMass Amherst soil test gives gardeners custom advice to improve soil, save money and help plants grow better.

If your garden has been underperforming despite amending with compost, fertilizer, and careful watering, the issue may not be effort it may be information. Soil testing garden beds gives you clarity ...

Ready to plant? Don't forget to test your soil pH. Before planting your garden don't forget to test your soil pH level to learn how acidic or basic it is. This could be a deciding factor in whether ...

Save money and time. A soil test tells you what you need instead of using unnecessary fertilizers. Significant amounts of essential nutrients are removed from the soil through plant growth, so ...

In this episode, Don and John answer listener questions about amaryllis bulbs, soil testing, starting marigolds from seed, ...

A garden may appear to be perfect on the surface and still fail spectacularly underneath. That rich, dark soil might promise ...

The soil test provides a starting place for a soil improvement program for the home gardener. Unless you know the problems in ...

When farmers talk about their soil test results, the conversation often starts and ends with soil pH. While that one number is important to determining whether lime is needed, that insight is just a ...

It’s never too early to prepare for a strong growing season. You don’t have to wait until spring to test your soil quality. Fall soil fertility testing to determine residual nutrients and soil ...

For grain sorghum, a recent K-State study in Hays found that subsurface application of 60 lb/acre urea produced yields ...

Texas A&M researchers found that deep soil testing can offset some crop production costs by helping account for residual ...