Lawn Soil Testing with RESULTS | MySoil Soil Test Kit | Lawn pH Levels
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- In today’s video we’re going to discuss soil testing. If you watch enough lawn channels on UA-cam you’ll notice that nearly everyone suggests you get a soil test. I personally had never gotten a soil test until this year. I think that soil tests can be a very useful tool, but I don’t view that as the Holy Grail of lawn care. The average homeowner can maintain a nice lawn as long as they’re consistent with a few cultural practices (mowing, watering, fertilizing, etc). Soil testing involves collecting a sample of the soil from your lawn and sending it in for testing in a lab. The lab tests for things like Nitrogen levels, Phosphorus levels, Potassium levels, pH levels, and various other things. MySoil is an online company that allows you to purchase a soil testing kit that includes a soil probe. Once you’ve collected your sample and mailed it, you’ll receive your soil test results in 6-8 days. MySoil’s soil sample dashboard is very easy to understand and intuitive for the user, however I don’t believe that their fertilizer recommendations are extremely helpful.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 What is a soil test?
1:45 What is getting tested in a soil test?
2:00 Brief Explanation of Plant Nutrients and pH
2:50 MySoil Package Contents
4:15 How to Collect Core Samples from Your Lawn
6:15 Preparing Your Soil Sample for Testing
8:20 Soil Sample Test Results
14:50 Conclusion
That Greensmaster animation was straight up 💯. When I did my test last year I was extremely low on everything. I used a 12-12-12 for two months and on the third month, did a test again. What I found was I no longer needed any phosphorus because the level came up quickly. While these tests aren’t 100% necessary, they are helpful in guiding you on what to throw down and what you may not need. Quality content 👍.
I appreciate it, Alejandro! Thanks for watching.
Thats very true on getting your soil test done. I've been using my soil test for 2 season its easy and rewarding to see what's going on in the lawn..great job 👍
It will be interesting to see what the results look like next season!
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Good information 👍. Thanks 😊
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Crazy how similar my results were to yours! Crazy high on CA, nitrogen crazy low. Then again, I'm not that far from you. Makes you wonder how much effect the "soil amendment" and other stuff really have.
I’m actually wondering the same thing! I would love to see what one of my neighbor’s results would look like.
@@LawnInsider just don’t get caught on their security cams pulling soil samples. They might think you’re sabotaging their pH levels to make your lawn look even better! Lol
My My Soil test also came back showing that both nitrogen and potassium were very low. They recommended Stress Blend so I contacted them asking why because Stress Blend is only 7% N. Their response was that they were recommending an app that was 3 times the rate of the usual Stress Blend rate of 3 lbs/1000 sf .
I’m just a few miles south of you in Cibolo. I tried milorganite and my phosphorous level went sky high. I’ll never use that stuff again. I did my test back in November.
I really had no idea what expect on my test since I had never done it. I was actually pretty happy where everything was at. Easier to fix having less of something than too much!
Yeah me either. They also recommended 7-0-20 for me as well. My potassium is super low so it makes sense. I’m gonna start with that and turn to the Anderson products. PGF Complete, Doc’s super Juice and green shocker and I’ve also got three bags of humichar down over the winter. So there will be some spoon feeding going on here. How’s a good time to discus pre emergent as well. My soil temps today are 62 in full sun areas and 52 in shaded areas. I’m not applying because I have new sod in front and over seeding the back this Reno season. I applied PE yesterday on my buddies houses.
Do you amend the soil and overseed at the same time?
Is a soil test needed if using organic fertilizers when it amends the soil microbes? For example on my backyard I had low N, K, I but great P, Ca, Mg and Na to name a few but my grass always grows lush and green despite the deficiencies.
Enjoyed your soil test w/ results0 video. Just mailed my soil sample and waiting for results. I have been researching the benefits of soil conditioning w/ humic acid. Liquid bumate is expensive. Isn't problems with applying the dry form? (50 lbs. @ $30 a bag) Thanks!
No there’s no problem with the granular version. Thanks for watching!
I’m north of you in Belton,Tx and my calcium is as high as yours. Good limestone we have
Yes sir! Good strong bones for our soil haha
This is like the Bible but better
Another flippin infomercial.