Soil testing for home vegetable gardens - Ask Extension
Our garden group in Crestone would like to know if you do soil testing. If so, what is the cost? If not, do you recomment home testing kits?
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Soil testing for home vegetable gardens #926195
Asked March 17, 2026, 6:26 PM EDT
Our garden group in Crestone would like to know if you do soil testing. If so, what is the cost? If not, do you recomment home testing kits?
Saguache County Colorado
Expert Response
Hello,
Thank you for inquiring. If you would like to have a Soil sample tested, you can contact CSU Spur Soil, Water and Plant, Testing Lab. Please follow the Link Here to their website for instructions on how to take a sample and how to send it in. I have attached a BLANK Submission Form. Once you have filled out and printed your new form, include it with your sample and deliver it to:
CSU Spur
Soil, Water and Plant, Testing Lab
Room T-316
4780 National Western Drive
Denver, CO 80216
Best of luck,
CSU Extension
Thank you for inquiring. If you would like to have a Soil sample tested, you can contact CSU Spur Soil, Water and Plant, Testing Lab. Please follow the Link Here to their website for instructions on how to take a sample and how to send it in. I have attached a BLANK Submission Form. Once you have filled out and printed your new form, include it with your sample and deliver it to:
CSU Spur
Soil, Water and Plant, Testing Lab
Room T-316
4780 National Western Drive
Denver, CO 80216
Best of luck,
CSU Extension
