The Correct Way to Take a Soil Sample (Student Series) 

The Correct Way to Take a Soil Sample (Student Series)
Professor DeBacco
Sectioning Areas
It can be as fine or broad as you want, if the field history is know this can be helpful.
When in doubt, first time sampling favor more sections and if results come back similar you can merge areas next time.
Soil Collection Path
Should be random, but effectively cover the area. A minimum of 6-10 samples should be taken depending on the total area.
Indoor Soilless Media Sampling
If the plants are growing in soilless media… than a Soilless Media Extract sampling procedure and specialized test should be conducted.
This is not the case in the operation being shown, so a modified traditional soil sampling technique can be used.
Indoor Soil Sampling
In this case, a mixture of soil and compost was the main growing substrate so a regular soil sampling procedure could be followed… with a few modifications.
Smaller cores
Trowel used
6-10 containers are used to make the soil sample
Growing in containers is different than a typical field, but the principals are the same.
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