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How to Collect a Soil Sample

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Jon Traunfeld, UMD Home and Garden Information Center, demonstrates how easy it is to collect and send a soil sample for a soil test.

Click here for a pdf of our Soil Test Fact Sheet.

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Last updated: 03/1/2010