Soil Test Submission Form
Sample ID
Name
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(check box)
Total cost:
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] Lead test with XRF ($10)
] Heavy metal test ($35)
] Basic soil quality test ($45)
] Advanced soil quality test ($75)
] Plant tissue test ($30)
* Email (to receive results)
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] pH ($5)
] Soil class (jar test) ($10)
] Soluble salts ($5)
] Organic content ($8)
] NPK kits ($10)
] Nitrate, ammonia and phosphate ($25)
] Standard micro-nutrients ($15)
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Mailing Address
Garden Address
(if different from mailing address)
Sample Description (optional)
Home Garden?
Community Garden?
Lead test with XRF ($10):
Results are available within 2 days.
Basic soil quality test ($45):
Soil samples are screened for (1) pH, (2) salt content, (3) soil class using jar test, (4) NPK levels using
field kits, and (5) lead, chromium and zinc using XRF analyzer. Results will be available within one week.
Advanced soil quality test ($75):
Soil samples are analyzed for (1) total organic content, (2) nitrate, phosphate, ammonia contents, (3)
potassium and micro-nutrients with modified Morgan extraction method, (4) soil class using hydrometer
method, and (5) heavy metals using wet digestion-ICP-MS method. Results will be available after 2-4
weeks.
Environmental Sciences Analytical Center
Brooklyn College • 2900 Bedford Avenue • Brooklyn • NY
• 11210
Soil Testing Report
Sample ID
Please do not write in spaces below; to be filled in by the lab
Date received:
Date of Report:
Lead Test (XRF) (ppm)
BASIC SOIL QUALITY
Soil pH
Soluble salts (ppm)
Soil class (jar test)
Organic content (%)
Nitrogen
Cr (chromium)
Phosphorus
Zn (zinc)
Potassium
XRF TEST (ppm)
N-P-K range
ADVANCED SOIL QUALITY
GReport
Heavy Metals (ppm)
Micro Nutrients & K (ppm)
(Cr) Chromium
B (Boron)
(Co) Cobalt
Mg (Magnesium)
(Ni) Nickel
Al (Aluminum)
(Cu) Copper
K (potassium)
(Zn) Zinc
Ca (Calcium)
(As) Arsenic
Fe (Iron)
(Cd) Cadmium
Mn (Manganese)
(Hg) Mercury
Major Nutrients (ppm)
Nitrate
Ammonia
Phosphate
Particle
Analysis
(hydrometer
method)
(Pb) Lead
Gravel (%)
Sand (%)
Silt (%)
Clay (%)
Please check for general interpretations of data at our website http://testmysoil.brooklyn.edu. Send a
message to soil@brooklyn.cuny.edu if you have further questions.
Brooklyn College
Environmental Sciences Analytical Center
• 2900 Bedford Avenue • Brooklyn • NY
• 11210