Who does your soil tests?

[SilliamWhale]

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

 

[Right-arm fast]

Theres one near Pocklington can’t remember the name

 

[Great In Grass]

Lancrop York.

 

[DanniAgro]

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]

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

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

 

[YELROM]

Lancrop Laboratories

www.lancrop.com

We use lancrops

 

[SilliamWhale]

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

Thats interesting to hear you say that.

 

[Steevo]

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.

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.

 

[carpenter1]

What is the costs

 

[DanniAgro]

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.

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.

 

[Purli R]

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

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

 

[robbie]

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]

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

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

 

[SilliamWhale]

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.

If this is the case what's the point?

 

[haggard143]

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]

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

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

 

[Bogweevil]

If this is the case what's the point?

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]

No one send samples away to Kinsey in the US?

 

[Brisel]

No one send samples away to Kinsey in the US?

@Warnesworth may be able to help you with this

 

[SilliamWhale]

No one send samples away to Kinsey in the US?

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