WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF SOIL AMENDMENT TESTING?

Posted by Micro Biometer on February 25th, 2020

In the world of farming and agriculture, soil testing plays an important role in diagnosing the deficiency of proper nutrients in the soil. For better productivity, it is very important that the soil is high in potential nutrients, have a better texture and root growth. By adding too much chemical fertilizer into the soil leads to air, water, and soil pollution deteriorates the crop quality and reduces crop yields. To overcome such situations and to improve the soil fertility, one should hire the products and services of soil amendment testing that eliminate the chances of soil degradation and improve the soil quality so that it can better retain water and other nutrients.

There are various reasons for which Soil Amendment Testing is done: for the growth and development of crop production, for the protection of the environment from harmful chemicals present in fertilizers, to diagnose the crop problems, and to maintaining a Ph balance of the soil. The soil amendment testing procedure eliminates the germination of bacteria and prevents the high content of nitrogen which damages the crop and affects its growth and development. There are different types of soil amendments such as garden soil, composted manure, sphagnum peat moss, mushroom compost, perlite, gypsum, sulfur, lime, etc that one can consider while testing the quality of the soil.

While choosing soil amendments, one should check the soil texture, its salinity and plant sensitivities to salts, its salt content and its pH content in order to improve the physical properties including its water and nutrients absorbing capacity, permeability, water infiltration, and reducing the extent of pollution affecting the soil fertility and the environment.

Why one should consider the soil amendment testing?

Nowadays, soil amendment testing has become an important practice in the agriculture and farming industry which evaluates the soil quality and determines the important nutrients needed for better growth and productivity of crop production. 

Here are the following benefits that can be obtained through soil amendment testing –

• Soil testing improves the soil fertility so that farmers can have better growth and productivity of crop production.
• Soil amendment testing results in the improvement of physical properties and water retention characteristics of the soil.
• The testing process helps in altering the soil acidity so that soil can better consume the required nutrients from its sources.
• The organic and inorganic amendments soil amendments combine with the existing soil that helps in improving the structure of soil by reducing the components of harmful chemicals in the form of nitrogen, bacteria, overly polluted fertilizers, etc.
• It helps in improving drainage, rooting depth, and soil aggregation thus increasing the water holding capacity of the soil.

If you are into farming and production then you must evaluate your soil quality through soil amendment testing where professionals and soil experts will diagnose the soil problems and treat them with effective solutions thus improving soil fertility, its water holding capacity, and the physical properties of soil.