***NOT*** the Best Way to Get Your Soil Test Samples (with video)

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***NOT*** the Best Way to Get Your Soil Test Samples (with video)

Post by andy10917 » July 23rd, 2020, 9:29 pm

This was sent to me by my son (BLUEHANDMATT here). I do ***NOT*** think it is the best way to get your soil test samples.

(1) It is difficult to find the 3"-4" soil.
(2) It disturbs the soil (a bit more than a little)
(3) It may bring weed seeds to the surface
(4) There are 1,000 other reasons, but it didn't stop this idiot.


Poor Technique for Soil Sampling
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Re: ***NOT*** the Best Way to Get Your Soil Test Samples (with video)

Post by ken-n-nancy » July 23rd, 2020, 9:46 pm

Wow. Does seem like a low-labor sort of way to loosen up the soil, though.
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Re: ***NOT*** the Best Way to Get Your Soil Test Samples (with video)

Post by bpgreen » July 24th, 2020, 12:43 am

I've never had moles.

But I've had voles.

Nothing that he did seemed out of place.
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