In December Altadena residents and business owners brought soil samples for testing to the Washington Park Community Center in Pasadena. As Altadena residents and business owners continue to move ...

Since losing her home in the Eaton Fire, Carolina Chacon has been concerned about rebuilding on potentially contaminated soil. "After the first big rain storm in October, we developed a sinkhole under ...

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When it comes to growing cotton, success starts before a single seed is planted. Many growers focus on managing cotton after it has emerged, but successful management begins below the surface and ...

In Umeå, Sweden, a team of researchers looked at how organic matter breaks down in cold seasons, particularly when snow cover is reduced. The researchers removed snow from plots of land to simulate ...

Soil testing could not be more important preceding tasks like establishing a new garden, diagnosing plant problems, determining fertilizer needs — and much more. But some situations don't require the ...

Soil testing is an essential tool for managing phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients in Iowa and many states. The units reported in a soil test are expressed in parts per million (ppm) of the ...

Soil testing can be done any time the soil is workable, but the best time is in the fall. Fall testing is ideal because it gives you plenty of time to get results back from the lab and to begin ...

As the gardening season draws to a close, now is the ideal time to set yourself up for success next year. Assessing the health of your soil this fall will result in a solid foundation for your plants ...

Soil testing methods are still largely the same as they were 100 years ago, and researchers and farmers continue to struggle to interpret the numbers. However, a soil test is a good place to start ...

Fall and spring are usually the times when farmers or fertilizer dealers conduct most soil tests to make fertilizer application recommendations. In recent years, most dealers have provided that ...