Click here for a printable form: Sample Submission Form4.pdf to send in with your soil sample, or obtain one from your county MSUE office. Each form has space to describe several soil samples.
The sample form contains instructions for filling it out. The standard soil test is adequate for most home gardening situations, but you may wish to request additional options such as Organic Matter or Particle Size. Those options and tests for specific micronutrients such as zinc are extra cost options. Be sure to specify any extra cost options for each sample on the form, using the last column and the Comments section, and include payment for the options with the sample. (See prices.)
On the back of the form is a list like the one below of crop categories for home, urban and special crops. You should specify, by number, for which crop category you wish the lab to calculate fertilizer recommendations. If not sure, specify your first and second choices.
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HOME LAWN, LANDSCAPE, GARDEN |
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CODE CODE DESCRIPTION |
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233 Garden, Home |
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312 Fruit Trees |
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326 Raspberry |
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328 Strawberry |
| 305 Blueberry |
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CODE TURF DESCRIPTION |
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405 Lawn, bluegrass |
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406 Lawn, fescue |
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407 Lawn, ryegrass |
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415 Turf, low maintenance |
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CODE FLOWERS DESCRIPTION |
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501 Flowers, cut |
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502 Flower Beds, annuals |
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503 Flower Beds, perennials |
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504 Flower Bulbs |
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505 Ground Cover |
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506 Roses |
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CODE SHRUBS, TREES DESCRIPTION example |
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511 Shrubs, deciduous – home, such as burning bush, forsythia, etc. If “acid-loving” such as Hydrangea, deciduous azalea, then list under COMMENTS on page 1 |
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512 Shrubs, narrowleaf evergreen – home, such as yew, juniper, spruce |
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513 Shrubs, broadleaf evergreen – home such as rhododendron, pieris, boxwood, holly |
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516 Trees, deciduous – home maple, oak, etc. |
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517 Trees, narrowleaf evergreen – home, pine, spruce, fir, cedar |
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518 Trees, broadleaf evergreen – home, such as American holly |