Soil Test Translator
So you sent a soil sample to the UF/IFAS lab, waited a week, and got back a report that reads like a chemistry exam written by someone who hates you. pH 5.8. Phosphorus 22 ppm. Lime requirement 1.5 tons/acre. Cool. What does any of that mean?
Punch your numbers into the translator below. It uses the actual UF/IFAS Mehlich-3 interpretation ranges to tell you what’s low, what’s loaded, and what to do about it — in English, with the nerdy bits intact.
Don’t have a soil test yet?
The UF/IFAS Extension Soil Testing Lab will run the standard fertility test (pH, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, plus micronutrients) for ten dollars. Ten. Dollars. That’s the best ROI in all of gardening — it tells you exactly what your soil needs instead of guessing with fertilizer.
Get one at soilslab.ifas.ufl.edu, then come back here and translate it.
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Where to go next:
- Living Soil for Florida Gardens — the full underground story
- CEC: Your Soil’s Nutrient Pantry — why your soil holds (or doesn’t hold) nutrients
- What is Mycorrhizae? — the fungal internet delivering those nutrients
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