Sampling & Testing

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Sample, test, analyze, grow.

Professional testing to help your plants thrive.

The key to optimizing plant performance is understanding what’s happening in the pot. Let our team help you sample, test and learn from your current set up.

  • Growing Media Analysis

    Analysis of growing media consists of a snapshot of nutritional conditions at sampling time. This information helps growers optimize mixes to fit specific crop needs. Results can depend upon the most recent irrigation time (e.g. clear water leach, fertilizer application, or fungicide drench). This test often requires samples from both healthy and unhealthy plants.

  • Plant Tissue Analysis

    Plant tissue testing is the most effective method of identifying crop nutritional imbalances. Analyses provide a picture of the accumulated effects of your nutritional program on a given tested crop. For best results, include a matching media sample for each tissue sample. This test may require samples fro both healthy and unhealthy plants.

  • Water & Fertilizer Analysis

    Irrigation water analysis creates a snapshot of nutritional conditions and water quality at sampling time. We commonly test greenhouse and nursery irrigation water and water-soluble fertilizer solutions. This tells growers the chemical composition of irrigation water — allowing for the identification of poor water quality and optimization of fertilizer programs.

Green lettuce heads in a commercial greenhouse with an agronomist inspecting hydroponic rows for quality
Young pepper plant with green fruit growing in rows inside a commercial greenhouse with diffused light
Large greenhouse interior showing magenta chrysanthemum rows beside bright yellow mum beds beneath a glass ceiling
Fresh glossy green basil leaves close-up filling frame, herb garden crop ideal for culinary use and plant nursery displays