Soil record
Your soil test results, the amendments you added and why, and your jar-test texture estimate. Everything you type stays in this browser.
Soil test results
Copy the numbers from the lab report exactly, with units. Module 3 explains each line. Optional for a first season.
Amendments
One row each time you add lime, sulfur, compost or fertilizer. The why column names the recommendation it answers. Optional for a first season.
Jar test
Read the layers at the times Module 3 gives. Percent = layer height / total height x 100. Optional for a first season.
How to use these sheets
- Copy the report exactly. Numbers, units and ratings as printed; the lab's recommendations word for word in the last field.
- One amendment per row. Each row names the recommendation it answers, so next year's test can be read against what you added.
- The jar test is an estimate. Record the layer readings at the times Module 3 gives and the class you read off the triangle.
The example amendment row is Plot 14 (fictional): heavy clay at pH 7.4 and lead under 63 ppm by the garden association's test. They added 0.6 cu yd of compost, one inch over 200 sq ft, and no lime, because the test showed the pH did not call for it.
This sheet holds what a lab reported and what you did. It does not interpret a lead result for anyone's health; that is a question for your local health department or a physician. A jar test is not a lab analysis, and an amendment is not a recommendation until a soil test or a label says so.