Living Soil Lab is part of the EarthOptics family of soil insights companies, and uses the same lab system.
Order multiple samples or as few as one. You'll use a shovel to take a 6"-deep sample yourself, and mail it to our lab in a plastic bag. Shipping included in pricing; label provided.
Every test is one bag of soil from one area. Prices are per sample, and include shipping.
Starts with a per-sample version of TruNutrient, the EarthOptics nutrient-focused product, but adds soil texture, carbon and organic matter.
Full nutrient panel using Mehlich-3 process, plus pH, organic matter, nutrient holding capacity (CEC), and texture.
16 measurements
The per-sample version of TruBio, the EarthOptics soil biology analysis product.
The living microbial community inside your soil, read with DNA sequencing — the microbes and fungi feeding the plants, the nutrient-cycling work they do, and the soil-borne pathogens and diseases working against them.
A selection, from DNA sequencing
Those are a sample. The panel identifies 104 organisms in all — including 77 row-crop diseases across wheat, alfalfa, corn, cotton, sugarcane, soybean, potato and sugar beet. The report leads with the ones that matter for what’s being grown — corn and soybean carry their own keyed disease sets — and lists the rest as detected.
Effectively TruNutrient and TruBio together (plus texture, carbon and organic matter), at per-sample scale.
Bundled price and report delivery.
The California Assessment Manual list of 17 toxic metals (CAM 17), including the “big three” of lead, cadmium and arsenic.
17 metals
We offer you a full report for every sample, including data table and narrative interpretation — customizable based on how you prefer to communicate with your customers.
Your logo, your name, your customer's name at the top.
The report can mirror how you already advise your customers: the products you carry, the practices you stand behind, and the way you'd say it.
Every report opens a discussion page. You or your customer can ask our soil scientists as many follow-up questions about the results as you want, for as long as you're working from them.
Volume discounts are available to partners that expect to drive volume. Email support@livingsoillab.bio to discuss.
Choose a quantity for each test. Shipping is included in price.
No samples chosen yet. Up to 25 in one order.
Shipping included. Backed by our 60-day money-back guarantee.
We test soil from the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia. By continuing you agree to our Terms of Service. For more than 25 samples in one order, email support@livingsoillab.bio.
You
On the confirmation page you name every sample in the order. See detail below.
One prepaid USPS label for the whole order, plus one QR code per sample.
One bag per sample. Write the name on the outside, put that sample's QR code inside with the soil.
All the bags travel together in one box on the one label.
Us
We customize and deliver your report based on the soil analysis.
We answer unlimited follow-up questions about the results.
A sample is a blend from across one area, not one scoop from one spot.
After checkout you name each sample, one row per sample. The name is what appears on the results and what tells us which ground they describe.
Put the customer and the area in the same name:
Ruiz — front lawn
Ruiz — back beds
Delgado — orchard block 2
Yes — volume discounts are available to partners. Email support@livingsoillab.bio and tell us roughly how many samples a season you expect.
No. Use the information yourself, or pass the report on — your call. If you do want to give your customer a report, we're happy to work with you to customize it, incorporating your brand, your advisory style, and even your voice. And if you just want a raw data table output, we can give you that, as well.
Yes. Name each sample and the results come back labeled that way.
Yes. Choose a quantity for each test. Each sample runs the test you chose for it.
Up to 25. For a larger order, email support@livingsoillab.bio.
By email, to the address on the order. Soil Safety takes longer than the nutrient and DNA work, so an order with both gets those results separately.
No. A clean trowel, a zip-top bag per sample, a marker, tape, and any box or padded mailer. The prepaid label and the QR codes come from your confirmation page.
No. Please don't send potting soil, bagged container mix, or soil from free-standing pots and planters. Raised beds are fine, including ones filled with bought soil.
Yes. Send them the sampling guide and the name you used at checkout, so the bag label matches the order.
Leave your email and we’ll follow up about partnering with us.
