Who does your soil tests?

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SilliamWhale

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Location

Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Sep 17, 2020

• #1

I was using NRM but I'm finding the results don't seem to stack up in some fields.

Any other labs to suggest? I fancy doing a compare and contrast with some identical samples

 

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Right-arm fast

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• Sep 17, 2020

• #2

Theres one near Pocklington can’t remember the name

 

Great In Grass

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Cornwall.

• Sep 17, 2020

• #3

Lancrop York.

 

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DanniAgro

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• Sep 17, 2020

• #4

Last year I tried Hill Court Farm, Gloucestershire - they seem okay, apart from having higher P and K than expected, but hopefully it's correct. Will take soil from the same field again this autumn, amongst different ones, and see if last years indices are repeated.

 

Thick Farmer

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Location

West Wales

• Sep 17, 2020

• #5

SilliamWhale said:

I was using NRM but I'm finding the results don't seem to stack up in some fields.

Any other labs to suggest? I fancy doing a compare and contrast with some identical samples

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I had the same issue. NRM are usually good on pH but constantly low on P and K indices compared to others.

 

YELROM

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Location

North Yorkshire

• Sep 17, 2020

• #6

Lancrop Laboratories

www.lancrop.com

We use lancrops

 

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SilliamWhale

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Location

Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Sep 17, 2020

• #7

Thick Farmer said:

I had the same issue. NRM are usually good on pH but constantly low on P and K indices compared to others.

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Thats interesting to hear you say that.

 

Steevo

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Location

Gloucestershire

• Sep 17, 2020

• #8

DanniAgro said:

Last year I tried Hill Court Farm, Gloucestershire - they seem okay, apart from having higher P and K than expected, but hopefully it's correct. Will take soil from the same field again this autumn, amongst different ones, and see if last years indices are repeated.

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We use them every year for testing. Usually take samples and drive them over there same day. Never been aware of any issue with them.

 

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carpenter1

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Location

devon

• Sep 17, 2020

• #9

What is the costs

 

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DanniAgro

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• Sep 17, 2020

• #10

Steevo said:

We use them every year for testing. Usually take samples and drive them over there same day. Never been aware of any issue with them.

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Good to hear that you're satisfied with them. My remark was to show my surprise at P and K indices of 3 and 4 in all tested fields when I only put on a maintenance dressing for the last ten years, and the tests before then having results of index 1 and 2.

 

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Purli R

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• Sep 17, 2020

• #11

Thick Farmer said:

I had the same issue. NRM are usually good on pH but constantly low on P and K indices compared to others.

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On grassland our P&K always seem low with NRM just thought we must not be doing our job well enough?????

 

robbie

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BASIS

Location

the brecks norfolk

• Sep 17, 2020

• #12

Are all the samples being taken at the same time of year???

We always have sample done for next years beet land in the end of october early november. Twice for various reasons I've sampled after harvest and had completely different results.

 

richard hammond

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BASIS

Location

Spilsby Lincolnshire

• Sep 18, 2020

• #13

SilliamWhale said:

I was using NRM but I'm finding the results don't seem to stack up in some fields.

Any other labs to suggest? I fancy doing a compare and contrast with some identical samples

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Anglian Soil Analysis @Sutterton. Tel= 01205 460590, I find them very consistent!

 

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SilliamWhale

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Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Sep 18, 2020

• #14

robbie said:

Are all the samples being taken at the same time of year???

We always have sample done for next years beet land in the end of october early november. Twice for various reasons I've sampled after harvest and had completely different results.

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If this is the case what's the point?

 

haggard143

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Mixed Farmer

Location

Norfolk

• Sep 18, 2020

• #15

I shall need to sample some fields for N,P and K. how big a bag of soil ? sealed ? been told frontier at diss any others south norfolk ? sorry if hijack never done before

 

Steevo

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Location

Gloucestershire

• Sep 18, 2020

• #16

haggard143 said:

I shall need to sample some fields for N,P and K. how big a bag of soil ? sealed ? been told frontier at diss any others south norfolk ? sorry if hijack never done before

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Speak to the lab you are going to use and they may well send you some sample bags to fill.

 

Bogweevil

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• Sep 18, 2020

• #17

SilliamWhale said:

If this is the case what's the point?

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I would look at it the other way - given the variability in soils in a field, nutrient fluxes over the year, the difficulty of getting representative samples on the ground and the potential for 'drift' in the lab it is amazing that there is any consistency at all.

Where the variation is such that there is a major difference in actual fertiliser regime, seldom is in my experience, split samples and send to different labs.

The best you can hope for is an acceptable degree of error.

 

Rainmaker

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Location

Canterbury,NZ

• Sep 19, 2020

• #18

No one send samples away to Kinsey in the US?

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• Sep 19, 2020

• #19

Rainmaker said:

No one send samples away to Kinsey in the US?

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@Warnesworth may be able to help you with this

 

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SilliamWhale

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Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Sep 19, 2020

• #20

Rainmaker said:

No one send samples away to Kinsey in the US?

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I don't believe in it. Its too much to extrapolate from such a small sample.