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

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   The only effective and efficient method for determining how much fertilizer and lime need to be applied to your soil next spring in order to supply nutrients for a specific plant is to test the ...

3. 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.

4. What's the big deal about soil testing? It leads to healthier ...

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   Complete Turf and Ornamental Soil Test Package: $45 We also write Voluntary Nutrient Management Plans for the cropland soil tests. The plans are developed using the Tri-State Fertility Guide.

5. Proctor compaction test - Wikipedia

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   The original Proctor test, ASTM D698 / AASHTO T99, uses a 4-inch-diameter (100 mm) by 4.584-inch-high (116.4 mm) mold which holds 1/30 cubic feet of soil, and calls for compaction of three separate lifts of soil using 25 blows by a 5.5 lb hammer falling 12 inches, for a compactive effort of 12,375 ft-lbf/ft 3.

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. Oedometer test - Wikipedia

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   An oedometer is fundamentally made out of three components: a "consolidation cell" to hold the soil sample, a mechanism to apply a known pressure over the sample, and an instrument to measure the changes in the sample's thickness. [12] The equipment required to perform an oedometer test is sometimes called an "oedometer test set".