Soil Test Kit

Name: Soil Test Kit
Brand: Redmond Agriculture
SKU: 113835
Price: 38.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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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Easy to use a home kit

Gain knowledge to grow healthier plants

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.

Great Kit With Shipping Included

The kit is very straight forward and easy to use. Did have some issues trying to get it registered online.

Hi Michael! Thank you for leaving a review for our Soil Test Kit. We're glad to hear that you found the kit easy to use and straightforward. We apologize for any issues you encountered while trying to register online. If you need any assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to our customer service team. Thank you for choosing our product and happy gardening!

Thanks.

Quick, easy and helpful.

Hello Kathryn,
Thank you for your 5-star review and positive feedback! We are glad to hear that our Soil Test Kit was quick, easy, and helpful for you. Happy gardening!

So easy

Wow! Took all of 9 days from ordering to soil analysis! Hardest part was remembering my password to my account! Great service! Results easy to understand and easy to incorporate recommendations.

Thank you for your kind words and positive review! We are glad to hear that our soil test kit was easy to use and that you received your results in a timely manner. We strive to make the process as simple and convenient as possible for our customers. We hope the recommendations will help your soil and increase productivity!

This is now the second year I have tested my soil.

I have used the Soil Test Kit two years in a row and found it to be very helpful. First, they save the results on-line each year, so I can compare the results. It shows me the improvement in my garden soil. As for the improvement I have witnessed, my garden this year was abundant! This is two weeks from the end of August, and the amount of produce that I am harvesting is beyond belief. My plants are fuller and healthier than ever before. By following the suggested additives to my soil, it increased my success rate by triple in just this first growing season after treating my soil last fall, before I put the garden to bed. I highly recommend everyone try this soil test kit to anyone who is having trouble with their garden.

Hi Sandra!

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a positive review for our Soil Test Kit. We are excited to hear that you have seen improvement in your garden soil and have been able to track those improvements! We are happy to hear that your garden this year has been so abundant! We appreciate your recommendation to others who may be struggling with their garden and we hope it continues to bring success to your gardening journey. Happy gardening!

Garden Test Kit

I found the test kit to be extremely helpful and will be ordering more.

Hi Randall,
Thank you for your 5 star review of our Soil Test Kit. We are happy to hear that it was helpful! We appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. Happy gardening!

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