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#1119056 - 08/24/07 12:50 AM
How / where to get a soil test.
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HotSpotOutdoors Specialist
Registered: 02/28/03
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Loc: Stacy, MN
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Here's a link to the extension service from the University of Minnesota. It will tell you how to take the soil sample, how to send it, and where to send it to as well. If you don't want to send it to the U of M, there's usually a local place in your area if you look in your local phone book. Soil test
Edited by LwnmwnMan2 (04/05/08 08:04 AM)
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#1119059 - 08/28/07 10:48 PM
Re: How / where to get a soil test.
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FishingMN Family
Registered: 01/11/07
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I get my soil tested at the Isanti Co-op. They charge $20.00
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#1119063 - 09/14/07 06:35 AM
Re: How / where to get a soil test.
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I figure people will start to get ancy. I'll bring this thread back to the top.
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#1345289 - 04/04/08 01:58 PM
Re: How / where to get a soil test.
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#1345331 - 04/04/08 02:43 PM
Re: How / where to get a soil test.
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IceLeaders Family
Registered: 01/18/08
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Loc: Eagan
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From my experiences with the extension service, their soil tests give you fair more information then you need. But its still well worth the money.
Just the other day someone went to a rain garden workshop and called me wondering about this very topic. I told her the extension service is her best bet or I could come out and go over her soils with her for my consulting fee which is far higher then the $15 soil test.
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#1345798 - 04/04/08 11:38 PM
Re: How / where to get a soil test.
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Registered: 03/26/08
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http://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/ check out this website. I just sent a soil sample away today actually. It goes to the u of m. You can figure it out from here im guessing pretty simple. You need to download the PDF file for the form to send along with your soil sample and it shows the process as to how to collect the soil. Look around the webpages it gives pretty good help as far as growing a ballanced lawn! soil sample is 15$ per sample. good luck if you cant get it to work call the number listed and they will guide you through the process.
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#1345893 - 04/05/08 08:05 AM
Re: How / where to get a soil test.
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Registered: 02/28/03
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http://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/ check out this website. I just sent a soil sample away today actually. It goes to the u of m. You can figure it out from here im guessing pretty simple. You need to download the PDF file for the form to send along with your soil sample and it shows the process as to how to collect the soil. Look around the webpages it gives pretty good help as far as growing a ballanced lawn! soil sample is 15$ per sample. good luck if you cant get it to work call the number listed and they will guide you through the process. Yes, another link to the U of M if you cannot get the first one to work. Thank you!!
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#1350853 - 04/08/08 11:20 PM
Re: How / where to get a soil test.
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[quote=LwnmwnMan2
Yes, another link to the U of M if you cannot get the first one to work.
Thank you!! [/quote]
Hello Mr. LwnmwnMan2! Thought I'd swing by and see what's happening over here. Pretty cool.
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