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Landscape and Vegetable Garden Test Form

Rao S. Mylavarapu, William d'Angelo, and Nancy Wilkinson

This document is the Landscape and Vegetable Garden Test Form (SL136) used by the UF/IFAS Extension Soil Testing Laboratory. The sheet gives details about collecting samples and testing fees. To download the form, click the orange Download button.

The Landscape and Vegetable Garden Form must accompany Florida homeowners' samples submitted to the UF/IFAS Extension Soil Testing Laboratory. The following tests can be selected on this form:

  1. pH and Lime Requirement
  2. Standard Soil Fertility Test
  • pH, P, K, Ca, and Mg
  • Lime and Fertilizer Requirement

Agronomic and commercial vegetable and fruit producers should use the Producer Soil Test Form (SL135).

Samples will not be tested for presence of nematodes, disease organisms, or chemicals other than those listed on the form.

Analysis for plant diseases is available through the UF/IFAS Extension Plant Disease Clinic (352-392-1795) and the Nematology Lab (352-392-1994).

Publication #SL136

Release Date:February 8th, 2024

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Mylavarapu, Rao S.

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University of Florida

Wilkinson, Nancy

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University of Florida

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About this Publication

This document is SL136, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2005. Revised February 2009, November 2013, August 2019, and January 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Rao S. Mylavarapu, professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences; William d'Angelo, lab manager, UF/IFAS Extension Soil Testing Lab; and Nancy Wilkinson, assistant manager, UF/IFAS Extension Soil Testing Lab; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Contacts

  • Nancy Wilkinson
  • Rao Mylavarapu
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