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Auburn University Soil Samples
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08/07/20 11:59 AM
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jbatey1
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Those of you that send off soil samples. Do you use Auburn or others? I was looking at the Auburn website earlier, but never could find if they provide the soil sample boxes or what?
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Re: Auburn University Soil Samples
[Re: ozarktroutbum]
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08/07/20 12:35 PM
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jbatey1
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You don't need one of the special boxes; the plastic bags work. I did this about a year ago and I got the results within a week after mailing them to auburn.
There should be instructions online telling you exactly what to do and how to bag it. Are you using ziploc bags or approved bags that they recommend. I looked all over their page about soil testing and the form to fill out for it and found no info about bags or boxes. I'm fine with using paper or plastic, just needed to know where to get them or if it mattered.
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Re: Auburn University Soil Samples
[Re: jbatey1]
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08/07/20 12:37 PM
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Looks like I pass the County Extension office several times a week. I'll swing by and see them. Thanks, fellas.
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Re: Auburn University Soil Samples
[Re: jbatey1]
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08/07/20 12:41 PM
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I use Auburn.........my son turned them in on campus
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: Auburn University Soil Samples
[Re: Robert D.]
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08/07/20 07:53 PM
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In answer to your original question there is also Waters Laboratories in GA that Iâve used before.
257 recommends anyone other than Auburn (and he is an Auburn fan). He feels they havenât kept up with changing practices and theory (or something along those lines).
Paper bags versus ziplocks isnât a big deal unless some of your soil is wet. Stop by the Extension Office and get the paper bags if youâre sending them to Auburn. Go to a local chemical dealer (Helena Chemical or similar) if you want to send them somewhere else. If youâre not buying the fertilizer from them be prepared to pay for the bags or be told âwe just ran outâ.
You didnât ask this either but my routine was to get three samples in each plot about the size of a softball. Put them in a 5 gallon bucket and mix them up good. Then fill up the bag with that and dump the excess. Getting a sample from just one place in each plot runs the risk of that having been a place fertilizer or lime was spilled and getting an analysis that doesnât represent the dirt across the whole plot.
Also donât forget to label the samples so you know where is where and what. Gotcha. Iâm not married to Auburn and open to whoever does the best or what not. Iâm just uneducated in that Dept. I didnât think about it until now but I can ask our farmers how or who they sample with on the land that they are row cropping for us, too.
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