Soil Test Kit

Name: Soil Test Kit
Brand: Redmond Agriculture
SKU: 113835
Price: 40.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Easy-to-Use Soil Test Kit

Have you wondered if your efforts to amend your soil are working, but don't know how to test your soil? You are not alone.

Redmond's Soil Test Kit, powered by MySoil, makes testing your soil simple and easy. This test successfully combines accurate soil testing technologies with an easy-to-use customer experience that assists in improving soil and plant health, while effortlessly guiding sustainable practices.

Our goal is to support users in perfecting their soil to grow the healthiest plants possible. This custom approach helps you know exactly what your soils need to thrive. No PhD required.

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Eliminate garden guesswork

Digital results within 10 days

FAST, THOROUGH, AND CONVENIENT

Redmond's soil test kit is simple to use, delivers results in 6-8 days, and provides convenient access to your data on our easy to use dashboard.

HELPS YOU GROW HEALTHIER PLANTS

Healthy plants come from healthy soil. Whether your plants are for eating, looking at, or playing on…soil testing should be the first step. From here, you can accurately feed your soil environment including microbes, fungi, insects, and more. Feeding your soil increases the chemical and biological availability of the nutrients and minerals your plants need to thrive, and passes health benefits up the food chain for all to enjoy.

SAVES YOU MONEY

By honing in on exactly what your soil needs, Redmond's soil test kit saves you from making unnecessary purchases and helps you know how much to apply so you get more bang for your buck.

ELIMINATES GUESSWORK / PREVENTS MISAPPLICATION

Stop guessing and start growing! Testing allows you to make educated and informed decisions about how to help your soil. Soil health is a balancing act. Applying the wrong amendments, or even overapplying the right amendments, can throw this balance off and have far reaching and long lasting effects. Misapplication and overapplication can kill off the essential microbe colonies in your soil and even cause eutrophication or “nutrient pollution.” Excess nutrients, especially those found in NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) fertilizers, leach out and pollute waterways. Soil testing results provide you with application rates that help you apply only what is needed and fertilize in a responsible and sustainable way.

1. REGISTER YOUR KIT

Once you have received your kit, visit soil.redmondagriculture.com or scan QR code to register.

2. COLLECT SAMPLE

Use clean shovel, trowel, or coring tool to collect soil to a depth of 6 inches (0"-6").
Collect soil from 5-7 separate locations within your desired testing area. (Samples should be free of any large plant materials and other debris).
Composite the collected soil in the test kit box, large plastic bag, or bucket. Mix thoroughly and break up any large chunks.
Use the provided soil scoop to collect 1 level scoop of the mixed soil. Add it to the jar containing DI water and nutrient adsorbing capsule. (Do not dump water out of jar)
Tightly secure lid.

3. MAIL YOUR SAMPLE

Mail your sample within 1 day of adding soil to the jar
Place jar in provided, pre-paid envelope
Place envelope in your mailbox or anywhere USPS drop-offs are accepted.
You will receive email notifications of sample progress over the next 6 days. You can also log into your dashboard at soil.redmondagriculture.com to check progress.

4. GET YOUR RESULTS

You will be notified via email when your results are ready (6-8 business days from the time the sample was sent) or login at soil.redmondagriculture.com to check sample status.
Results Provide: Available nutrient levels, pH, fertilizer recommendations, application rates, links to recommended products from trusted vendors.

5. AMEND YOUR SOIL

Apply your recommended products at the directed application rates.
Check your dashboard at soil.redmondagriculture.com for helpful insights to maximize the value of your applicationWhat is included in the kit?
Registration card (with instructions and QR Code link)
Pre-paid, first class USPS return service envelope (with tracking number)
Soil scoop
Sample storage jar (with DI water and nutrient adsorbing capsule)

Redmond Soil Test Kit includes:

Registration card (with instructions and QR Code link)
Pre-paid, first class USPS return service envelope (with tracking number)
Soil scoop
Sample storage jar (with DI water and nutrient adsorbing capsule)

SOIL TEST KIT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE KIT?

Registration card (with instructions and QR Code link), pre-paid, first class USPS return service envelope (with tracking number), soil scoop, and sample storage jar (with DI water and nutrient adsorbing capsule).

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET MY RESULTS?

Redmond’s Soil Test Kit is simple to use, delivers results in 6-8 days, and provides convenient access to your data on our easy to use dashboard.

WHAT DOES THE SOIL TEST KIT MEASURE?

Essential soil macronutrients (needed in larger amounts):

Nitrogen- broken down into total nitrogen (N), nitrates (NO3-N), and ammonium (NH4-N)
Phosphorus (P)
Potassium (K)
Sulfur (S)
Calcium (Ca)
Magnesium (Mg)
Sodium (Na)

Essential soil micronutrients (needed in smaller amounts):

Iron (Fe)
Manganese (Mn)
Zinc (Zn)
Copper (Cu)
Boron (B)

pH levels (balance between acidity and alkalinity)

HOW OFTEN SHOULD I TEST MY SOIL?

If you are actively growing and harvesting from a plot of soil, testing every year is ideal (preferably in the fall).

If you are fallowing or resting ground between growing sessions you can test once every 2 years. Don't wait more than 3 years to test soil.

If you test in the fall, amend, and put soil to bed over the winter, then testing again in the spring can give you an idea of how well your amendments corrected soil problems.

WHY DOESN'T THE REDMOND SOIL TEST KIT TEST FOR % OF ORGANIC MATTER?

While percentage of organic matter (% OM) is a common metric found on other soil tests, the experts at MySoil and Redmond choose to look at the bigger picture: balanced levels of macro and micro nutrients, and healthy pH ranges. These metrics help you choose the right amendments to help soil microbes break down organic matter into bio-available forms your plants can use.

We recommend always adding organic matter to your soil, regardless of whether you think it would test high or low. Good sources of organic matter include: manure, leaves, compost, and straw.

Soil test tesults

I have not received any results and sent it in more than 2 weeks ago.

Hi Ginger,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention and feedback. One of our team members will be emailing you directly to help resolve this and get you your results! Thank you for your patience and choosing Redmond.

Test Kit review

I received the kit. I had easy to follow instructions to collect the samples. Once shipped back for analysis, I received the results in less than a week. Very helpful and now in the process of adjusting those deficiencies in the soil.

Hi Warren! We are so happy to hear that you had an easy and efficient experience with our Soil Test Kit. Our goal is to make soil testing as hassle-free as possible for our customers. Thank you for taking the time to share your positive feedback with us. We wish you all the best in adjusting those soil deficiencies. Happy gardening!

Great soil resource information

This a great resource for anyone interested in giving your garden all that is needed through healthy soil .

Hi Joyce,
Thank you for your kind words about our Soil Test Kit! We're so glad to hear that it has been a helpful resource for your garden. We strive to provide the best tools for maintaining healthy soil. Thank you for choosing Redmond! Happy gardening!

Waiting to see

I have had fair to poor results with vegetables growing in my little P-patch the last 4 years. I decided to test my soil and it is low in nitrogen. I am following the recomendations given with the results and am hoping for a more bountiful harvest.

Hi there,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We understand the importance of having healthy soil for successful gardening. We are glad to hear that our soil test kit was able to identify the issue with your soil and provide recommendations for improvement. We hope that following these recommendations will result in a more bountiful harvest for you. Thanks for choosing Redmond! Happy gardening!

Shipping my samples back

The kit was great, easy to follow! The one issue was sending my samples back. The shipping took over a week.

Hi Faith, thank you for your feedback! We're happy to hear that our soil test kit was easy to use. We apologize for the delay in shipping your samples back - we're constantly working to improve our shipping process and will take your experience into consideration. Thanks for choosing Redmond!

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