Thank you so much for featuring our test in this video! The Rx Soil nutrient analysis uses the standardized Mehlich-3 extraction method, instead of the ion-exchange resin method, so that's the difference you will find in those optimal ranges between the two reports. We hear ya on inflation, it comes up a lot when people call in. To help reduce the cost of soil testing throughout the year, our recommendations at the bottom of the report break down a fertilization plan for Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, so instead of a one-time snapshot, we aim to get you the best recommendations we can with just one or two tests a year. Thanks again for the review!
Thanks so much for that explanation and for seeing the video! I hope you find that it was reviewed fairly from an average homeowner. Thanks for the email as well! Appreciate your services, and look forward to using your tests again! God bless!
I would trust the Mehlich -3 test over the Ion exchange Resin any day. I would stay away any test that you place your soil in a container of liquid and send it off.
I would bet the high iron level on the RX test and low iron level on the Yard Mastery test is because you applied Yard Mastery fertilizer last year and their iron content is not plant available unfortunately since it's in the form of iron oxide. That means the iron is just sitting in the soil until something chelates it and makes it plant available.
makes me wonder if the rx soil test is testing what's in the soil vs plant available. iron is a good tell, if its not chelated it won't be plant available. we have that same problem in my area. from what i've been told the yardmastery kit only shows nutrient levels that are plant available. great video.
THE Ginja! Love your content first off, lol. I appreciate you commenting, as I’m by no means even close to a soil test expert. Thank you for the insight. That makes sense indeed.
Ginja, from what I've heard Rx Soil test is using waypoint to do the test. They don't use the same ion-exchange resin testing as My Soil. Comparing these tests is pointless because, as you said, one measures total level in the soil and the other measures only plant available. Hit the nail on the head. Edit: Just saw that RxSoil replied below and basically said the same thing a few weeks ago lol.
@@ac7384 They're all useful in their own way, my comment was mostly that you shouldn't compare the results from one type of test to another because they're going to have different values based on the testing method. Use whichever test you like, but stick to that single type of test (don't get one test from company A and then another test from company B because they could be using different testing methods that aren't compatible with each other like in this instance).
Thank you for doing this brother. I seen a kit on Amazon that is $100 but you get like 30 ph test and 15 NPK test?? I wish I would have saved the rest of the soil i sent off. If I had of I would have maybe got it and tested it with the My Soil results. I still have one more My Soil test kits for fall so I may get this other kit then so i can compare the two. If I do i will let you know how it came out. Today in KS I got up and my grass was gone!! God put white stuff on it when I was asleep. He like to play around with me from time to time. LOL He is a good Father God!! God Bless
Interesting comparison. Sadly, I remembered to do my soil test when I saw the title of this video. Next time you do a soil test, come over and kick my butt into gear. Yes, you can save this comment as proof that I said this was okay.
It would have been nice to see how these two tests stack up against a local extension test. Whichever one is closer to the extension test would be the most reliable I would think. Also, .3 difference in ph is huge if you look into what it takes to combat it in either direction.
The RX Soil test is the same as a local ag extension test. RX sends the test to Waypoint Analytical which uses a mehlich 3 test which is the same test a local ag extension would use.
@@G_Grip a result of 5.3 vs 5.6 is not going to change what your plan is for liming enough to matter. If it's 6.9 vs 7.2, I'm still applying 10lbs/1000 of elemental sulfur either way.
If you have a look at "My Green Lawn". He had a weird problem with his soil tests that the soil testing company, extension office could not pin point the problem of his results. I just look for a PH result and then look for a nutrient PH uptake table.
I have done my soil a bunch, have to try RX Soil this year. I had one soil test in a friends vineyard that pegged the graph on my soil with like 8,500 ppm of calcium lol The soil was very much the calcerous limestine that it was claimed to be lol PH was spot on perfect cause that soil self buffers itself.
CEC - Cation Exchange Capacity is the soil's ability to retain water and nutrients. Lower CEC means the soil is less able to hold nutrients and vice versa
I've been waiting for this review, thanks for posting. I've done this as well and had close to the same results, some close some far away. So, which one do you rely on? In my case one was Yard Mastery and the other a local outfit. Gets kind of confusing with such results of one showing really high and the other says its low, bummer!
@@MrFergusonLawn I have never done one through the local extension office, I wasn't sure how easy it was. I typically just do the YM soil test since it is low cost and works for me.
If you look below, here in the comment section, RX soil commented on how their test is different in reading iron. Best answer I can give. I haven’t purposely added iron since this test.
