These kits are part of an ongoing effort by the LaMotte Company Research and Development team to produce new test methods and kits that are faster, easier-to-use, and reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous materials.
The pH value affects all mineral elements and the biological processes made available to plants from the soil. Accurate pH testing is essential to determine lime requirements and to insure that a mineral-rich soil is also a fertile one.
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Range & Sensitivity
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5 Color Charts & Spot plate Morgan Method
pH 3.8-8.4 in 0.2 increments (not for heavy clays)
Plant tissue testing provides essential information concerning plant use of nutrients vital to their growth. These simplified field tests for green plant tissue indicate whether growing plants are receiving adequate amounts of available nutrients from the soil. All tests give qualitative results for the specific nutrients. By comparing test results from healthy and problem plants, it is possible to pinpoint deficiencies or excessive nutrient conditions.
A complete kit for determining nitrates, phosphorus and potassium in plant tissue. Diced green plant tissue is saturated in a Universal Extracting Solution to prepare a single liquid extract for use with all three tests. Qualitative results given as abundant, adequate, deficient only. Reagents for 50 tests per factor.
Plant tissue testing provides essential information concerning plant use of nutrients vital to their growth. These simplified field tests for green plant tissue indicate whether growing plants are receiving adequate amounts of available nutrients from the soil. All tests give qualitative results for the specific nutrients. By comparing test results from healthy and problem plants, it is possible to pinpoint deficiencies or excessive nutrient conditions.
Includes tests for ferrous and ferric iron, zinc, copper, manganese, and boron. Each test is made from the sap of plant tissues, which is extracted by squeezing the tissue with pliers. Comparative tests are made between a healthy plant and a similar one showing deficiency symptoms. "Spot" tests indicate presence or absence only. Reagents for 50 tests each factor.
The overall texture of a soil affects growth in the root zone, which determines the above-ground growth production, and is determined by the fractions of sand, silt, and clay present.
Method
Range & Sensitivity
Reagent System
# Tests
Order Code
Settling
Determines sand, silt, & clay fraction, texture determined by chart
