Easy to use at 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?
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET MY RESULTS?
WHAT DOES THE SOIL TEST KIT MEASURE?
- 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)
- Iron (Fe)
- Manganese (Mn)
- Zinc (Zn)
- Copper (Cu)
- Boron (B)
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I TEST MY SOIL?
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?
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.