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Soil, Plant and Pest Center

Services and Fees

5201 Marchant Drive
Nasville, TN 37211
615-832-5850

UT Extension Office Central Region - Soil, Plant & Pest Center

Soil:

  • Nutrient test* – $15.00
    • (20 to 39 samples)** – $13.50
    • ((40+ samples)** – $12.00
  • Organic matter (combustion) – $15.00
  • Soluble salts – $10.00
  • Soil sulfate – $10.00
  • Texture (USDA) – $30.00
  • Total carbon – $15.00
  • Total nitrogen – $15.00
  • Total carbon & nitrogen – $18.00
  • Pre-sidedress corn nitrate – $10.00
  • Heavy metals – $40.00

Plant Tissue Nutrients:

  • Total nitrogen (N) – $15.00
  • Minerals† – $20.00
  • Total N & minerals† – $33.00
  • Nitrate – $10.00

Forage:

  • NIR ‡ – $17.00
  • Minerals† – $20.00
  • Nitrate – $10.00
  • Ensiled pH – $7.00

Greenhouse Substrate/Potting Media:

  • Routine¥ – $35.00

Or mineral soil with more than 50 percent compost.

Plant Pest Diagnostics:

  • Disease diagnostic – $15.00
  • Insect ID – $15.00
  • Golf problem – $30.00
  • Endophyte – $15.00

* Plus includes: pH, buffer pH, Mehlich-1 extractable phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, manganese, iron, and boron. Fertilizer and lime recommendations are also included in the plus test.

** Volume discount for soil samples delivered or dropped off on same day, in sample boxes, and reported to one email/physical address.

† Minerals include: Phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, copper, zinc, manganese, iron, and boron.

‡ Forage NIR includes: Dry Matter (DM)—as received; Ash; Crude Protein (CP); Relative Forage Quality (RFQ); Lignin; Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF); Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF); Digestible Energy (DE); Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN); Net‐Energy for Maintenance (NEm); Net‐Energy for Gain (NEg); Net Energy for Lactation (NEl); in‐vitro True DM Digestibility 48h (IVTDMD48h); Fructan; Starch; Sugar (ESC); Water‐Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC); Non‐Structural Carbohydrates (NSC); Non‐Fiber Carbohydrates (NFC); Calcium (Ca); Phosphorus (P); Magnesium (Mg); Potassium (K)

¥ Routine substrate/media includes: pH, soluble salts, ammonium, nitrate, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium.

Soil Testing
Leaf
Hay Bales
Plant Disease

Before sending in a soil, plant, forage, or insect sample, please visit our sampling instructions on our website.

Soil sample boxes can be picked up at your county Extension office.

Please remember to send enough samples:

  • Soil nutrient test – 1 cup
  • Soil texture – 2 cups
  • Greenhouse/Potting media – 1/2 gallon
  • Forage – 1/2 gallon
  • Plant disease – Ample amounts of actively dying sample
  • Plant nutrient – 20 to 50 leaves/trifoliates
  • Golf problem – 4-inch core
  • Check:
    • Please make check out to the University of Tennessee.
  • Credit Card:
    • Please write your phone number on the submission sheet and we will call for your credit card number.
  • Do not write down your credit card number.
  • Cash:
    • Please pay in person. Please do not mail cash or leave in atrium.
  • Online:

Samples may be dropped off or shipped to:

UT Soil, Plant and Pest Center
5201 Marchant Drive
Nashville, TN 37211

When shipping samples please include:

  1. Submission sheet.
  2. Payment or the online payment order number.

Please protect your submission sheet and
check from sample. Please do not put the
check or submission sheet in the soil
box itself.

After-hours and weekend sample dropoff
available just inside atrium.

Soils cool

For this option please pay online or leave
a phone number to call for a credit
card number.

Note: The Ellington Campus gates
are closed from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Prices subject to change.

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