The old Bray-1 method required multiple samples to provide a full nutrient picture of the sample, slowing the process and increasing the cost. In contrast, the new method, called Mehlich-3, requires ...

The price of soil sample testing at the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory is being reduced as the lab adopts a new testing method.

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...

This week's gardening column addresses the importance of neutral pH in your garden soil, as well as why "princess trees" are ...

A few weeks ago we wrote about the importance of doing soil testing and the proper procedure to follow in order to get good representative useful results. If you received the results, some of you may ...

This photo shows a yellowing young leaf, though its veins remain green, indicating that this plant is hungry for iron. Plants do tell us when they are hungry — with poor or distorted growth, and with ...

THE Chemistry and Soils Research Institute (CSRI) has revealed that it has adopted advanced methods of soil testing to assess the proper amounts of fertilisers and amendments to be put to the soil.

We are now in a transition period with our gardens, lawns and landscapes, so it is important to evaluate your soil during this period. This is often overlooked and is the root cause of many plant ...

DIN SPEC 19296 was developed by Hohenstein in cooperation with Goldeck Textil GmbH and Oceansafe AG and is publicly available. By combining biodegradability and ecotoxicological testing, the ...