Services - FoReST


HOME GARDEN & LAWN - (click here)

AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS - (click here)

SOIL & PLANT ANALYSES - (click here)

PELLETS & BIOMASS TESTING - (click here)

NURSERY & GREENHOUSE SAMPLES - (click here)

* Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca to request a quote
  • 2-3 week turnaround under normal conditions
  • Discounts generally apply to jobs with multiple samples or a combination of services
  • All pricing and services listed are subject to change
  • An additional charge may be levied on rush jobs
 
 
HOME GARDEN AND LAWN testing for only $39.99 +tax !

Are you wondering what your garden is lacking? 
 
Don't treat your soil like dirt!
 
Get your soil tested and receive fertilizer and liming recommendations 
 
Sample Submission Form -click HERE
 
Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca if you have any questions.
 
 
1. Home Garden and Lawn Package
  • Saturated paste pH (sikora buffer pH if required)
  • Organic matter
  • Total salts
  • Available Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), Magnesium (Mg)
  • Soil texture estimation
  • Lime requirements and fertilizer recommendations (N,P,K,& Mg)* 
* Accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
2. Home Visit and Soil Fertility Consultation
 
      * Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca to request a quote 
  • A site visit by one of our FoReST laboratory soil technicians
  • Demonstration on how to properly collect a composite soil sample
  • Demonstration on how to interpret a soil report form
  • Demonstration on how to calculate the fertilizer application rate (using either traditional or organic amendment techniques)
  • Package also includes the analysis of one composite sample as per the Home Garden and Lawn Package.
 
3. Heavy metal contaminants testing
 
      * Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca to request a quote
  • Concerned about heavy metal contamination in your vegetable garden?
  • Test your soil for heavy metal levels:
    • Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium, Copper, Chromium and more
  • Mercury levels can be tested by the Lakehead University Environmental Lab (LUEL)

 
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AGRICULTURE
 
* Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca to request a quote
  
1. Basic Soil Fertility Package
Available phosphorous 
Available potassium
Available magnesium 
Saturated paste pH (SMP buffer pH if required)

*OMAFRA Lime requirements & fertilizer recommendations (N,P,K,& Mg)

 2. Other tests

            Total salts
            Percent organic matter
Soil texture (percent sand, silt, clay) 
            Mn Index and recommendations              
Zn Index and recommendations
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SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSES
* Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca to request a quote
 
1. Soil Analyses       
  • pH (In distilled water or CaCl2, by ratio or saturated paste)
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Plant available nutrients (Macro-Ca,Mg,K,P & Micro-Cu,Fe,Mn,Zn)
  • Cation Exchange Capacity 
  • Available Nitrogen (NH4 & NO3)
  • Total soil C, N, and S (by combustion)
  • Total P (by digestion)
  • Particle size distribution
  • Microbial biomass 
  • Moisture holding capacity
  • Organic Matter
  • Root biomass
  • Bulk density
2. Plant Tissue Analyses 
  • Dry matter percent
  • Total C, N, S
  • Total nutrients (micro & macro nutrients, and trace metals) 
 


PELLETS & BIOMASS TESTING
 
* Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca to request a quote
 
1. Proximate Analysis
  • Thermal properties (calorimetry by LUWSTL) 
  • Moisture Content
  • Percent Ash
  • Percent Volatiles
  • Percent Fixed Carbon
2. Chemical (Ultimate) Analysis
  • Total C, H, N, S, O and Cl (H, O and Cl by LUIL)
  • Full chemical analysis of macro and micro nutrients (excluding fluorine)
 
3.  Other Analyses 
  • Bulk density 
  • Percent sand
  • Percent fines (by LUWSTL) 
  • Physical testing (by LUWSTL)
 


 
 
 
NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE SAMPLES
* Call (807) 343-8639 or email forestlab@lakeheadu.ca to request a quote
  • Foliar nutrient analysis
  • Full tree seedling nutrient analysis (Roots, stem, foliage)
  • Growing media nutrient analysis
  • Growing media water holding capacity
  • Leachate analysis 


LUCAS Lakehead University