3 SIMPLE Soil Tests Anyone Can Do At Home for FREE

Testing your soil is a vital part to having a successful garden. In today's episode I will be walking you through 3 different ways to test your soil to increase growth and plant health.

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[lindaowens]

I'm 65 years old, and when I was a little girl, my daddy's older brother farmed in South Carolina. I remember seeing him, actually took a tiny taste of his soil. Just a touch on the tip of his tongue.

[sr]

I was just talking about testing my soil the other day and now this video pops up 😂 I’m such a nerd because I am SO EXCITED about this episode!

[earlshine]

Going no-dig seems a way. Just add 6 inches of compost as a top layer and because you loose 1 inch of level in a year, just add 1 inch of fresh compost every year. I wonder how the fertility evolves during 6 years. It seems to me that the NPK levels should change to some degree after 6 years and affect the fertility. Any ideas?

[scottrichards]

In addition to sand and clay, lime and aggregate are needed for concrete

[timmartin]

Great video! I have depleted mostly clay soil. I have been wondering what I can do to get it to drain and fortify it so that it will produce good yields. I can get my hands on plenty of rabbit manure. That's the way I'm going to go just like my grandfather. He put worms in a rabbit manure catchment bin and used that material to ammend the same soul. His tomatoes were as big as small cantaloupes. Keep up the good work!

[terryhall]

In your video, you were talking about sand, silt and clay and then when you put it in the jar with the water and you were measuring using the centimeters, you switched it and said sand, clay and silt. Did you mean in the jar that it should be sand, silt, and clay?

[carllatta]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the red cabbage PH test.

[ponytaclub]

1. What does the red clay soil mean?
2. Is it possible to grow stuff solely in compost? I heard from Dr Elaine that you should always have sand, silt and clay because they are the source of minerals, and organic matter aims to feed microorganisms who mine minerals from sand, clay, silt and pebbles and make them available for plants

[macareuxmoine]

I must admit I didn’t retain all information yet but man was this all useful to know! Thank you so much 🙏

[noninoni]

I live near the west coast of central Florida, next to a low-lying area, where a marshy creek overflows my side yard with lots of organic silt at times, and the developers put down a clay mix first for the property's foundation, then sand on top with added topsoil for the yards, I'm so confused as to why some things grow well -- and some don't -- all depending where I'm standing (either in my front, back, or either side yard), I now understand why and what to do about it!! Mystery solved!! THANKS!! (Even though the video about broke my brain...lol)

[lisabuss]

beautiful work, my dirt nerd brother.

[lidip]

Lol, my siblings & I use to make mdd balls & mud snakes (Luke calls them ribbons).
When you're a poor kid, some times dirt is really fun. Lol
Well Luke you hit a HOME RUN again! WoW how awesome this information is for us!
I hope you'll hit on more Static Hydroponics.
I'm trying my hand at that too. Pepper plant is completely wilted & its yellow spotty leaves are falling off. I use the exact same 3 nutrients from your videos. And Ive tried spraying Calcium (TUMS powederd/water in 1 gal water) on its leaves & added some to the reservoir.
Its over 2 ft tall but its going die....though its still growing fruit.

[VeonySyndrome]

I live in the desert! So its 50% sand 25 clay 25 silt. Thanks so much for this helpful video!!

[anthonyvette]

I watched your video about everything about grow lighting...I sit at my desk I have a grow light and it has two tubes but I only see the back of them is that safe....I see none of the direct light in my ...Thanks

[cbak]

Thanks Luke! I have been waiting to fix the mess of soil I had brought in last year.. I new I needed to amend so this is what I needed. Thank you. My soil is hard and clay colored .. last time this happened I put on peat and it helped tremendously.

[cantnv]

This was an incredibly informative video, thank you so much!!

[katyquintus]

This is such an incredibly valuable video! Thank you!!!!

[kwaks]

Ordered some produce seeds today. Excited for my first purchase with you. New sub for just a couple weeks now and loving the content!!

[karindinarda]

I'm going to try the tests because I have dirt and my plants aren't doing very well. Then I will need to see how to amend it the best. Thank you for the tips!

[jujube]

So what happens when you have no clay...I e raised beds filled with compost and organic matters?