College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Our Location: 6 Sherman Place, Unit 5102, Storrs, CT 06269-5102 phone: 860-486-4274 fax: 860-486-4562 email: soiltest@uconn.edu
Office Hours: 8:30am–4:30pm M–F, Closed Holidays
Directions to the Lab
General Fact Sheets: Soil Testing for Lawns, Gardens and Commercial Crops Growing Turf in Shaded Conditions Moss in Lawns Adjusting Organic Matter Calculations Purchasing Top Soil Home Composting Bins Fertilizing Houseplants Watering Houseplants Purchasing Potting Media Wild Flower Meadows Fertilizer Conversions & Garden Measurements Foliar Fertilization Warm Season Grasses Liming and Fertilizing Forage Crops in Connecticut Lead in Garden Soils Preparing New Garden Bed Primer on Plant Nutrition Guidelines to Consider When Selecting Vegetables for the Garden Compost Tea Backyard Composting Compost Brochure Selecting a Backyard Compost Bin Your Lawn & The New Phosphorus Law Compost Trouble Shooting Guide Vermicomposting Compost, Compost Tea & Manure: Food Safety Implications Plant pH Preferences List Composting - Do The Rot Thing Choose Compost Wisely - Compost & Phosphorus 104 Items You Can Compost The following fact sheets are sent with soil test results. They may not be useful without a soil test. Suggested Fertilizer Practices for: Flowers Lawns Vegetables & Herbs Tree Fruits Grapes Strawberries Blueberries Brambles, Gooseberries, & Currants Agronomic Crops Tree, Shrubs and Vines Interpretation Sheets: Standard Nutrient Analysis Saturated Media Extract for Greenhouse Media Soil Testing to Improve Nitrogen Management for Corn Soil Testing to mange Nitrogen in Sweet Corn Lead Interpretation Sheet Using the PreSideDressNitrogenTesting for Pumpkins End-of-Season Cornstalk Test for Excess Nitrogen Home and Garden Fact Sheets: Link to Home and Garden Fact Sheets
General Fact Sheets: Soil Testing for Lawns, Gardens and Commercial Crops Growing Turf in Shaded Conditions
Moss in Lawns Adjusting Organic Matter Calculations Purchasing Top Soil Home Composting Bins Fertilizing Houseplants Watering Houseplants Purchasing Potting Media Wild Flower Meadows
Fertilizer Conversions & Garden Measurements Foliar Fertilization Warm Season Grasses
Liming and Fertilizing Forage Crops in Connecticut Lead in Garden Soils Preparing New Garden Bed
Primer on Plant Nutrition
Guidelines to Consider When Selecting Vegetables for the Garden Compost Tea
Backyard Composting
Compost Brochure
Selecting a Backyard Compost Bin
Your Lawn & The New Phosphorus Law Compost Trouble Shooting Guide
Vermicomposting
Compost, Compost Tea & Manure: Food Safety Implications
Plant pH Preferences List Composting - Do The Rot Thing Choose Compost Wisely - Compost & Phosphorus 104 Items You Can Compost The following fact sheets are sent with soil test results. They may not be useful without a soil test. Suggested Fertilizer Practices for: Flowers Lawns Vegetables & Herbs Tree Fruits Grapes Strawberries Blueberries Brambles, Gooseberries, & Currants Agronomic Crops Tree, Shrubs and Vines Interpretation Sheets: Standard Nutrient Analysis Saturated Media Extract for Greenhouse Media
Soil Testing to Improve Nitrogen Management for Corn Soil Testing to mange Nitrogen in Sweet Corn Lead Interpretation Sheet Using the PreSideDressNitrogenTesting for Pumpkins End-of-Season Cornstalk Test for Excess Nitrogen Home and Garden Fact Sheets: Link to Home and Garden Fact Sheets
