Solvita Blog
Soil microbes release free fertilizer which soil labs are ignoring in fertilizer rates.
According to Will Brinton, soil labs may be reluctant to adopt soil biology tests due to complicated outdated (and costly) methods. "It's too bad since this is impeding the country getting on with much needed soil quality assessment". One older method, still sometimes...
Monmouth Soil Plots: Test Composts for Solvita, PSNT, 7d-NMin for Corn Yields into 2nd year
What's the inherent yield potential of soil? How long does it take compost to alter it? A collaboration of the Highmoor Agricultural Experiment Station and Woods End Labs utilizes two types of compost (leaves, biosolids) at 3 rates and compares soil and plant tests...
Respiration of High OM Soils- not as efficient as expected?
Many soil labs are adding the Solvita test to their repertoire as a means to reveal soil biological activity and N-mineralization potential. The test was originally designed for soils with medium to low organic matter, as is (unfortunately) now the case with most...