SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSIS (1+1)

Importance of Soil Sampling

• Soil sampling and testing are done to provide an estimate of the capacity of the soil to supply adequate amount of nutrients to meet the needs of growing crops and information to its nature and problem.


• Traditionally, the goal of soil sampling is to develop a representative estimate of a field.


• A few grams of soil are actually used for the laboratory analysis.


• That small amount must represent the entire area for which the recommendation is to be made.


• The samples should be collected in such a way that it would represent the area for which recommendation is to be made.