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How
to Sample Your Lawn or Garden
How to take a sample
Mix the sub samples
in the ice cream bucket. Fill the soil sample bag to the line to ensure
that there will be enough soil for all of the tests. If there is a specific
problem area in your lawn or garden, it is best not to sub sample that
area. However, a separate sample may be taken from that area and we will
try to determine the cause of the problem. This, however, will increase
the cost because there will be two samples. Fill out the information
sheet as best you can. The most important items for a nutrient recommendation
include the information requested on the front side of the sheet and the
additional comments on the back to detail a specific problem. Send or bring the
sample and the information sheet to the Soil Testing Laboratory in room
103 of Waldrom Hall at NDSU.
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A
soil sample is often the easiest and most accurate way to determine if
your garden or lawn needs to be fertilized or if it has been over fertilized.
To be of any great value, a soil sample must accurately represent your
lawn or garden. Accuracy in a soil sample is achieved by sampling many
areas (sub samples) in the lawn or garden and then mixing the sub samples
together to form the sample. Depending on the size of the area, 5-10 sub
samples should be taken and mixed to form the sample.
