Soil Sampling

[Bencroy]

Hi anyone use iaslabs.ie? I'm looking to get fields tested silage and grass. Where would I get a soil sampling tool by Friday? Can you rent them?.. With my lack of planning slurry might be put out Saturday and its all rush..rush now. Cavan

Phone oldcastle labs.sure there as local to cavan as you get.probaly give you a sampler or ask your planner for it

 

[someguy199]

Ias are sound. No bother with them, dont know about getting a core sampler off them though. You could resort to the trowel and plastic bag if very stuck

Yeah might or a narrow pipe and hammer maybe.. to hammer it down and hope sample in pipe.. like macgyver would do :-)

 

[lough]

Did @nashmach make a sampler or was it someone else

 

[nashmach]

Did @nashmach make a sampler or was it someone else

I didnt but my Dad did! I dont have the photos here but until we got one, we used a spade and dig down, grab a small handful and repeat. Not that big of a job if only a few samples to take.

 

[someguy199]

So to get me over the bind.. if I used a narrow pipe and took out sample(slurry is planned to be applied Friday.. So times against me). Yes bad planning on my part.. .. The core should be about 2inches in length and about. 5 inch in thickness.. something like that..? Will likely take samples first before knowing where there going to be sampled..

 

[nashmach]

So to get me over the bind.. if I used a narrow pipe and took out sample(slurry is planned to be applied Friday.. So times against me). Yes bad planning on my part.. .. The core should be about 2inches in length and about. 5 inch in thickness.. something like that..? Will likely take samples first before knowing where there going to be sampled..

It needs to be a stainless steel pipe. It cant be brass or galvanized materials.

 

[someguy199]

Phone oldcastle labs.sure there as local to cavan as you get.probaly give you a sampler or ask your planner for it

Yeah I got it from them before as they done sample but would like to use a croud that also does the analysis - Oldcastle said they only give raw data.. won't say what I need, I struggled to interpret the data last time

 

[someguy199]

So to get me over the bind.. if I used a narrow pipe and took out sample(slurry is planned to be applied Friday.. So times against me). Yes bad planning on my part.. .. The core should be about 2inches in length and about 0.5 inch in thickness.. something like that..? Will likely take samples first before knowing where there going to be sampled..

Correction..... 2inches in length and about 0.5 inch in thickness..

 

[Bencroy]

Yeah I got it from them before as they done sample but would like to use a croud that also does the analysis - Oldcastle said they only give raw data.. won't say what I need, I struggled to interpret the data last time

Are you looking for a full mineral analysis.eg all minerals in the soil
Thompson and Joseph in UK does it.
Do you deal with lakeland for any meal.they would give you a core r and set it off
or maybe it's just the standard p k and lime test your looking for .

 

[Cork]

I think we’re making a meal of this.

Just use a spade/garden trowel etc. and take representative samples across the field(s).

here is some guidance. https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/soil--soil-fertility/soil-analysis/soil-sampling/

If you plan on doing more sampling going forward, buy your own sampler online. It’s better than borrowing one from the local merchant etc. as it’ll be there when you want it.

 

[someguy199]

Are you looking for a full mineral analysis.eg all minerals in the soil
Thompson and Joseph in UK does it.
Do you deal with lakeland for any meal.they would give you a core r and set it off
or maybe it's just the standard p k and lime test your looking for

Are you looking for a full mineral analysis.eg all minerals in the soil
Thompson and Joseph in UK does it.
Do you deal with lakeland for any meal.they would give you a core r and set it off
or maybe it's just the standard p k and lime test your looking for .

Thanks no just a basic(standard) soil sample of grass.. Will see about using a spade or the like and get a few sample from silage fields before slurry is put on at weekend. Thanks all for replies

 

[Bog Man]

I have never used a soil sampling tool .

 

[Cork]

I have never used a soil sampling tool .

I usually get the butler to do it too

 

[Bog Man]

I usually get the butler to do it too

Being a Barley Baron is not what it used to be .

 

[jf 850]

Being a Barley Baron is not what it used to be .

One can only trade up the Bentley for a new one every 3 rd year nowadays.

 

[Madzamby]

Made a sampler tool similar to the one shown in Cork's link one night out of a few bits and pieces lying around the workshop. Wouldn't even have cost a tenner.

 

[Glasshammer]

Would the cold weather we are having at the moment with the frosty ground make any difference to soil sampling? Would it affect the results

 

[DaDonegalLad]

Anybody about ireland get samples back to me by end of this month?
Fecked up and forgot I'd samples to do 🫣

 

[Carrigogunnell]

Anybody about ireland get samples back to me by end of this month?
Fecked up and forgot I'd samples to do 🫣

FBA labs in Waterford had mine turned around in 10 days in fairness to them... I was in the same situation for end of February.