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Soil Test Kit
Soil Test Kit
Soil Test Kit
Soil Test Kit

Soil Test Kit

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 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

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.

Customer Reviews

Based on 181 reviews
84%
(152)
7%
(12)
1%
(1)
1%
(2)
8%
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K
Kenneth

Fast service and great information

Hi Kenneth,
Thank you so much for your kind review on our Soil Test Kit! We are glad to hear you had such a quick response back with your Soil Test Results. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing Redmond.

J
Joseph Paiva

Soil Test Kit

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for your feedback and for reaching out about your soil test results. An associate will be reaching out about next steps Soil test kits need to be registered, it is a common cause of results being delayed. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing our Soil Test Kit.

S
Sarah Lusmann

I have not received your analysis of my soil. I would appreciate any help you can give me

[****]
s. Lusmann

Hi Sarah,

Thank you for your feedback and for reaching out about your soil test results. An associate will be reaching out about next steps Soil test kits need to be registered, it is a common cause of results being delayed. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing our Soil Test Kit.

K
Karen Provenzano
Awesome!

So thankful for this kit! Growing fruits and veggies is much more than nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. I had not planned to add nitrogen but the kit said my soil was STARVING for nitrogen. Thank you, again, and I'll be in touch next year!

Karen,
Thank you for your kind words! We are thrilled to hear that our Soil Test Kit has helped you achieve successful growth in your fruits and veggies. We agree that there are many important factors in soil health, and we're glad our kit was able to identify the specific needs of your soil. We look forward to hearing from you next year and wish you happy gardening! Thanks for choosing Redmond!

M
Marnie Stahl
Haven't seen the results

Could you help me find the test results from this test kit, that I sent back in in late fall? I believe I mailed it in October, and maybe even got a message that it was received, but I never got the test results, or somehow missed them. I had done a soil test the year before, too- it's a big goal to build the health of my soil.

Hi Marnie,

Thank you for your feedback and for reaching out about your soil test results. An associate will be reaching out about next steps Soil test kits need to be registered, it is a common cause of results being delayed. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing our Soil Test Kit.

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Customer Reviews

Based on 181 reviews
84%
(152)
7%
(12)
1%
(1)
1%
(2)
8%
(14)
K
Kenneth

Fast service and great information

Hi Kenneth,
Thank you so much for your kind review on our Soil Test Kit! We are glad to hear you had such a quick response back with your Soil Test Results. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing Redmond.

J
Joseph Paiva

Soil Test Kit

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for your feedback and for reaching out about your soil test results. An associate will be reaching out about next steps Soil test kits need to be registered, it is a common cause of results being delayed. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing our Soil Test Kit.

S
Sarah Lusmann

I have not received your analysis of my soil. I would appreciate any help you can give me

[****]
s. Lusmann

Hi Sarah,

Thank you for your feedback and for reaching out about your soil test results. An associate will be reaching out about next steps Soil test kits need to be registered, it is a common cause of results being delayed. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing our Soil Test Kit.

K
Karen Provenzano
Awesome!

So thankful for this kit! Growing fruits and veggies is much more than nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. I had not planned to add nitrogen but the kit said my soil was STARVING for nitrogen. Thank you, again, and I'll be in touch next year!

Karen,
Thank you for your kind words! We are thrilled to hear that our Soil Test Kit has helped you achieve successful growth in your fruits and veggies. We agree that there are many important factors in soil health, and we're glad our kit was able to identify the specific needs of your soil. We look forward to hearing from you next year and wish you happy gardening! Thanks for choosing Redmond!

M
Marnie Stahl
Haven't seen the results

Could you help me find the test results from this test kit, that I sent back in in late fall? I believe I mailed it in October, and maybe even got a message that it was received, but I never got the test results, or somehow missed them. I had done a soil test the year before, too- it's a big goal to build the health of my soil.

Hi Marnie,

Thank you for your feedback and for reaching out about your soil test results. An associate will be reaching out about next steps Soil test kits need to be registered, it is a common cause of results being delayed. Building healthy soil is definitely an important goal and we're here to help! Thank you for choosing our Soil Test Kit.

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