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Soil test

  • 20-01-2011 1:41pm
    #1
    barryoc1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭


    I havent had soil tests carried out on my farm before but with the increasing cost of fertiliser i want to make sure i am spreading the right stuff to get the most from my land. Perhaps it needs some lime also.
    I am looking for advice from people who have done soil tests, in relation to 1. how beneficial they were (would they recommend it)
    2. who carried them out (probably be Teagasc i would be gettin to do it)
    3. cost to carry out tests
    4. the details in the analysis (such as nutrients the soil is deficient in and pH of soil).


Comments

  • #2
    5live
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,438 ✭✭✭5live


    Best money you will spend imo. Shows where P ank K too low and too high and where you need to increase pH to increase output. Teagasc are good but so are many other labs. I think its a sample to 10 ha if the soil type similar and management similar. I'm due to test again next year but afaik it used be around E20 a sample for PK and lime requirement


  • #3
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,672 ✭✭✭stanflt


    best money you will ever spend


  • #4
    ellewood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭ellewood


    just done 3 samples yesterday and 25.00 per sample with teagasc


  • #5
    babybrian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭babybrian


    yeah €25/sample. Results will even show you recommended P&K for silage, grazing or cereals. My dad has done very little of it before but I've decided whats the point wasting money on fertilizer, have almost all the farm done last year and some more this year. Best money spent. Go for it


  • #6
    barryoc1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭barryoc1


    ellewood wrote: »
    just done 3 samples yesterday and 25.00 per sample with teagasc


    What results are you gettin for 25? Just K, P and pH? I would also like to know if it is deficient in Magnesium or sulphur. Is this extra do you know or is it part of it?


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  • #7
    babybrian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭babybrian


    yeah thats just the basic samples..

    heres soil sampling costs
    http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/2010/20100913/TeagascSoilAnalysis.pdf


  • #8
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    [QUOTE=babybrian;
    http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/2010/20100913/TeagascSoilAnalysis.pdf[/QUOTE]

    Good link that. Nearly all you need to know right there. It's a few years now since we tested and that link is a good reminder!


  • #9
    raindodger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 322 ✭✭raindodger


    do you have to be a teagasc client for this or can you just pay


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