Soil & Tissue Testing

Instructions for how to sample are in the nutrition section of the
Chart Book. Samples can be analyzed at the UMass Soil and Plant Tissue Laboratory on the Amherst Campus.

Here is a link to their Home page: www.soiltest.umass.edu
Please use the tabs/links at the top of their home page to find services available and ordering info.

Make sure to download the correct forms:
Routine Soil Analysis for Commercial Fruit, Vegetable, and Field Crops
Plant Tissue Submission Form - Small Fruits

Choose the standard test PLUS organic matter for soil and standard test (this includes nitrogen) for tissue.

Using the Chart Book instructions, you can just collect the samples - plastic bags for soil (or get boxes for UMass lab here at the Cranberry Station), paper bags for tissue. Mail them to the lab at the address below. Make sure to include payment (check made out to UMASS) and the proper order form (see above) and mark each sample with a number or other designation so you will be able to match up the results with the sample collected. Soil samples are $15 each for the standard fertility test plus organic matter, and tissue samples are $25 each and include nitrogen determination.

Send to:
Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory
West Experiment Station
682 North Pleasant Street
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003

Phone: 413-545-2311

For more information, please go to their site at www.umass.edu/soiltest.