Novice Gardening: Oops, I forgot to do a soil test
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Those new to gardening, or starting a garden in a new place, are often advised to get their soil tested. Somehow, during decades of gardening, I never got around to getting a soil test. I won't try to talk readers out of testing soil because the results might be useful to some or at least interesting. In extreme conditions, or if there are continuing unexplained crop failures, testing might be necessary. Under ordinary conditions it's apparently not critical, because I've had lots of success without ever having one done.
Novice Gardening: Oops, I forgot to do a soil test
Novice Gardening: Oops, I forgot to do a soil…
Novice Gardening: Oops, I forgot to do a soil test
Those new to gardening, or starting a garden in a new place, are often advised to get their soil tested. Somehow, during decades of gardening, I never got around to getting a soil test. I won't try to talk readers out of testing soil because the results might be useful to some or at least interesting. In extreme conditions, or if there are continuing unexplained crop failures, testing might be necessary. Under ordinary conditions it's apparently not critical, because I've had lots of success without ever having one done.