Soil Testing Kits?

[EvaBee]

Have you ever bothered? If so where do you recommend I get one? We've not long moved in and are hopefully about to replant the front garden, which is currently all grass.

I bothered and found out my garden is slightly limey which I suppose is good to know.

I have never done it myself, but I heard that it is best that you bring a sample fron your garden (take a bit of soil in a few areas to get a more representative result) and have it tested at your local garden center. This way the lab will tell you exactly what to do in order to improve your soil.

You can buy testing kits at garden centres, B&Q, etc. You mix soil in water, let it settle and compare colour against the kit instructions. I don't know what a garden centre charges to do it FOR you, but a kit could be cheaper.

Thanks Qwebec, I didn't know they did that - I'm a complete beginner at this gardening stuff.

Ferguson - thanks a lot for that information, much appreciated.

For a couple of quid you can buy oh testing strips on Amazon . You can mix the soil with a bit of water and test using the strip.

PH not oh obviously !

Thanks for that tip s.garlic

oo look what I found www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/ Soilscapes website]]

We have soilscape 6. Great, free information on soil.