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I am often asked about good home soil-testing kits. When I was studying horticulture at Reading many years ago, I seem to remember we tried out several kits and compared them with accurate lab tests.
The conclusion was that the kits were really not accurate enough to be useful. Talking to Tim O’Hare (top soil scientist – toha.co.uk), he says this is still true today.
In laboratory tests, demineralised water is used rather than tap (which can affect accuracy) and the lab temperature is a consistent 20C (not usually the case at home). Both these factors, plus others, influence the results. Better to send samples away to a lab such as NRM (cawoodscientific.uk.com) and get an accurate test for £12.13 plus VAT.