Step-By-Step Instructions

Take a soil sample and place it in a clean, labeled and sturdy container that will not break in shipment. For detailed instructions, click here
Locate a soil testing lab near you.

Note: If you want to track your soil’s progress, you should use the same lab year after year to compare your results.
If you are in the US, Waypoint Analytical (previously A&L Eastern) is an excellent lab: View here

Print a submittal form: View form
Request the S3M test ($16.50) and the Soluble Salts test ($3.50). Contact Waypoint Analytical to confirm prices.
Ship the sample, form and testing payment ($20) to: Waypoint Analytical, 7621 Whitepine Rd, Richmond, VA 23237. Note: This payment is to the testing laboratory and does not include the cost of the Grow Your Soil recommendation.

If you are in the western US, you can choose to use A&L Western which is also an excellent lab: http://www.al-labs-west.com,

Print a submittal form: View form
Request S3C test. Fee schedule: http://www.al-labs-west.com/fee-schedule.php?section=Soil%20Analysis
Ship the sample, form and testing payment to: A&L Western, 1311 Woodland Ave., Suite 1, Modesto, CA 95351. Note: This payment is to the testing laboratory and does not include the cost of the Grow Your Soil recommendation.

If you are in Mexico, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic or anywhere in Central or South America or the Caribbean, Waypoint Analytical is an excellent lab: Click here

Contact the appropriate laboratory to request the tests that would correspond to the S3M and Soluble Salts tests. Click here. For Mexico, these would be the ”Suelo-Fertilidad' and “Sales Solubles” tests. Payment is then made to the laboratory, which does not include the cost of the Grow Your Soil recommendation.

If you are in Kenya, CropNuts: Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services is an excellent ISO Accredited lab that offers additional services (see below): http://www.cropnuts.com

Print a submittal form: View form
Request 'Complete Soil Analysis' test (code CNSA022) – price (excl. VAT) KES 5,000 – contact CropNuts to confirm the price.
Ship the sample, form and testing payment to: CropNuts, Mashiara Park, Kaptagat Road, Loresho, Nairobi, Kenya. Note: This payment is to the testing laboratory and does not include the cost of the Grow Your Soil recommendation.
Check out their service to help locate farm inputs, including organic fertilizers: Farm input supplier services and: Smallscale farmers services

For other countries or if you have any difficulties locating a lab, contact: info@growyoursoil.org
To send soil samples from outside of the US to Waypoint Analytical, click here.

Once you have received your lab test results, send them to: info@growyoursoil.org to receive your organic fertilizer recommendation(s).
Pay $25 per recommendation (one recommendation is provided for each test result) to Grow Your Soil.