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2. What's the big deal about soil testing? It leads to ... - AOL

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   The tests also include soil pH, organic matter and cation exchange capacity. Each test includes nutrient application recommendations for the targeted crop or plant species based on the sample results.

3. Have you tested your garden soil? Here's what you should know

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   In this vein, a soil test is like a blood test for the soil. Soil tests can be used for four purposes: maintaining proper soil fertility; guiding plant selection; diagnosing plant health issues ...

4. Garden: It is time to test your garden soil - AOL

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   The information provided to gardeners in soil test results is sometimes compared to the information that blood tests provide to physicians. In this vein, a soil test is like a blood test for the soil.

5. Soil test - Wikipedia

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   A soil test is a laboratory or in-situ analysis to determine the chemical, physical or biological characteristics of a soil. Possibly the most widely conducted soil tests are those performed to estimate the plant-available concentrations of nutrients in order to provide fertilizer recommendations in agriculture.

6. Base-cation saturation ratio - Wikipedia

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   Base-cation saturation ratio (BCSR) is a method of interpreting soil test results that is widely used in sustainable agriculture, supported by the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) [1] and claimed to be successfully in use on over a million acres (4,000 km 2) of farmland worldwide.

7. Plant tissue test - Wikipedia

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   Any laboratory test (soil or tissue test) performed by a commercial company will cost the grower a fee. Laboratory tests take at least a week to complete, usually 2 weeks. It takes time to dry the samples, send them to the lab, complete the lab-tests, and then return the results to the grower.