Soil, Plant & Water Analysis
Soil Testing
Cost: $8.00 per sample
Instructions For Taking Soil Samples:
- With a spade, trowel, auger, or soil sampling tube, take a thin vertical slice of soil from at least 10-20 different places in the area to be tested. Mix thoroughly together, and fill the soil sample bag (provided at the Extension Office) to the "fill line". Two cups of soil is all that is required for this test.
- For row crops sample to plow depth; for lawns and turf and pasture surface 4" depth; gardens surface 6" depth; orchards surface 8 to 12" depth; and pecan groves surface 6 to 8" depth. For more detailed information on soil sampling guidelines contact your county Extension office.
- One sample should represent no more than 15 acres. If more than one soil type is present within sampling area, take a separate sample from each soil type. Avoid sampling high and low spots, areas along roads, old fence rows, fertilizer bands, etc. Sample problem areas separately.
The Henry County Extension Office accepts Cash,Check, or Credit as forms of payment
Water Testing
Please bring a one pint water sample to the Extension Office for basic/expanded testing. Please contact our ANR Agent at the Extension Office for price information.
Basic Water Test:
Cost: $26.00
• pH • Hardness • Aluminum • Boron • Calcium • Chromium • Copper • Iron • Magnesium
• Manganese • Molybdenum • Nickel • Phosphorus • Potassium • Silica • Sodium • Zinc
Expanded Water Test Package: basic + more
Cost: $66.00
• Alkalinity • Conductivity • Saturation Index • Total Dissolved Solids • Nitrate-N
• Chloride • Fluoride • Sulfate • Phosphate
Standard Bacteria Test (E-Coli) :
Cost: $46.00 (mail payment with sample)
• Total Coliform • Escherichia Coli
Home Loan Closing Test (W33B):
Cost $95.00 (mail payment with sample)
- Bottle 1: Total Coliform - Escherichia Coli
- Bottle 2: Lead, Nitrite, and Nitrate
Your Household Water Quality
- Protecting your Well & Wellhead
- Testing for Water Quality
- Quality & Treatment
- Disinfecting: Shock Chlorination
- Nitrate in Water
- Pesticides, Solvents, and Petroleum Products
- Coliform Bacteria
- Hydrogen Sulfide and Sulfate
- Corrosive or Scaling Water
- Lead and Copper
- Iron and Manganese