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Here's what I want: - take a soil sample and put it in a cup, add solvent/water and shake - insert testing strip, or even drip into vials with reagents - com
by lagniappe 2y ago
Here's what I want:
- take a soil sample and put it in a cup, add solvent/water and shake
- insert testing strip, or even drip into vials with reagents
- compare color to back of the box to determine what adulterants are in the soil
If I something like this were available locally, I'd see a price of 100 or less selling well for people interested in growing their own produce or simply gaining more insight into what's in their local dirt.
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoYou can buy a soil test kit at your local hardware store. The analysis is not done by the kit though, it's just a collection kit that you send off to an analysis lab. But this basic concept already exists. Farmers do this extensively. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/a-gardeners-guide-to-soil-testing https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/a-gardeners-guide-to-soil-testi...
- CantPickAName 2y agoYou can also look into your local State University's Extension department. Most of them offer soil testing, along with a wealth of other knowledge.
- dunham 2y agoWe’ve got free soil tests in Seattle, but they only test for nutrients, and I’m more interested in heavy metals.
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoLooks like it just depends on the lab. Heavy metals soil testing seems to be a thing that exists. Here's one such company: https://rxsoil.com/metals https://rxsoil.com/metals This PDF about testing soils from urban farms in Baltimore also looks interesting: https://clf.jhsph.edu/sites/default/files/2019-03/suh-soil-testing-guide-2019.pdf https://clf.jhsph.edu/sites/default/files/2019-03/suh-soil-t...