How To Have Your Soil Tested

To have your soil tested by Rutgers Soil Testing Lab, there are two options:

1. You can buy a Soil Testing Kit from your Cooperative Extension county office (purchase includes fee for fertility analysis), or
2. You can download the appropriate forms below and then send the soil samples with testing fees. Choose the forms under the most suitable category.
   • The Sampling Instructions provide all details about taking the soil samples and submitting them to the laboratory.
   • A Soil Test Questionnaire needs to be filled out and sent in with each sample.

Lawn, Shrubs, Flowers, Trees, or Home Vegetable or Fruit Garden:

How to Soil Test

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1. Home and Landscape - Soil Test Questionnaire (351k PDF)
2. Home and Landscape - Soil Sampling Instructions (213k PDF)

Greenhouse Growing Media or Compost:

1. Greenhouse or Compost - Sampling Instructions (70k PDF)
2. Greenhouse or Compost - Organic Media Questionnaire (392k PDF)

Field, Commercial Vegetable and Fruit, or Nursery Crops:

Soil Testing: A Must for Proper Pasture Management

Watch the Soil Testing: A Must for Proper Pasture Management video

1. Field, Commercial Vegetable and Fruit, or Nursery Crops - Soil Test Questionnaire (418k PDF)
2. Field, Commercial Vegetable and Fruit, or Nursery Crops - Soil Sampling Instructions (48k PDF)

Golf & Sport Turf:

1. Golf and Sports Turfgrass - Soil Test Questionnaire (381k PDF)
2. Golf and Sports Turfgrass - Soil Sampling Instructions (152k PDF)

Technical Testing:

1. Technical - Soil Testing Questionnaire (271k PDF)