Soil Health Testing Kit Guidebook

UMass Soil Health Test Kit and Guide

This kit includes directions, general guidance, and physical materials to complete soil health assessments.

This resource was created to simplify soil health and make soil health more accessible for both educators and stakeholders.This kit includes items needed for popular methods of soil health assessment. This resource is not exhaustive; the emphasis is on simple, free, chemical and physical assessments. Additional information is provided about fee-for-service laboratory tests where appropriate.Guidelines are provided to help with method selection. For example, some methods are very effective for general education about soil health principles, while other methods can be used to support farm visits or collect data for on-farm trials. Please see accompanying pdf for detailed directions.