How to Collect a Soil Sample

Director of the Home and Garden Information Center (UMD), Jon Traunfeld, demonstrates how easy it is to collect and send a soil sample for a soil test.

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Nice video, but shovels don't always cut it. If your sampling purpose or soil testing lab requires more specific samples, you may want to take a look at our soil samplers. We have a bunch of soil augers, probes, and core samplers. Some models let you put the samples in individual bags or containers, while others simply collect the core sample in a plastic liner that you can cap, label, and take to your lab.