Apical offers multiple methods of soil analysis packages in order to optimize crops for yield, quality & resilience so you can gain a complete picture of your soil health and resource availability.

Plant roots access nutrients in 3 key ways (interception, diffusion & mass flow) from the total supply of nutrients and potential crop limiting elements.  These are modeled in each of the soil analysis methods below.

Each of our Soil Analysis packages uses a different set of protocols and the optimal one for the grower  depends on the crop and soil type.  Contact us to find out which package is right for you.

1. SOIL SOLUTION ANALYSIS-(Horizons)-$85

This package rapidly analyzes root extractable shallow and deep soil horizons for a wide range of nutrients in one rapid test as modeled by water extractable hydraulic conductivity.  Compares favorably to soil lysimeter monitoring and corresponds significantly with Apical’s Leaf Extract Analysis.  (CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE REPORT)

2a. SOIL NUTRIENT ANALYSIS- WATER EXTRACTABLE & CEC (M3)-$85

This package shows what is immediately impacting your plants growth via mass flow and how to balance the CEC (TEC) of your soil to obtain estimates of minerals the plant can access via root interception. Ideal for managing bulk mineral applications. (CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE REPORT)

2b. SOIL NUTRIENT ANALYSIS- WATER EXTRACTABLE & MODIFIED MORGAN-$85

This method of soil analysis represents what is immediately impacting your plants growth via mass flow and estimates what is available to the plant for uptake in season from diffusion. Ideal for optimizing NPK applications and planning in season liquid fertilization. (CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE REPORT)

2c. SOIL NUTRIENT ANALYSIS- WATER EXTRACTABLE & TOTAL DIGESTABLE-$85

This soil analysis package includes what is most readily available to the plant and also the total pool of soil resources. Ideal for those that are already doing CEC balancing that want to take a deeper look at total mineral soil resources and how they may be being depleted or accumulated via soil building.  (CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE REPORT)

3. PREMIUM SOIL NUTRIENT ANALYSIS-WATER EXTRACTABLE, M3, MODIFIED MORGAN-$130

This package shows what is immediately impacting your plants growth via all 3 ways of accessing nutrients–mass flow, diffusion and interception in a single report.

Monitor how nutrients are being made available into the 3 different nutrient pools for uptake, including a Cation Balancing (CEC/TEC) report of how the roots can intercept nutrients, what is being made available via interaction of nutrients (diffusion), and what is immediately impacting your available from mass flow of water into the plants.

Ideal for the committed grower that wants to optimize NPK applications, monitor CEC and root uptake in a single report. (CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE REPORT)

4. SOIL NUTRIENT ANALYSIS-COMPLETE REPORT-$170

The ultimate in soil analysis data, revealing the true potential of your soil for years to come. This package shows what impacting your plants growth from 4 different perspectives.  The soil is analyzed when combined with 4 different liquids to model the total nutrients that can be biologically obtained, root interception, diffusion and mass flow, This package is ideal for those starting new fields, managing high dollar value crops, or anyone that wants the complete picture of their soil’s health.  (CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE REPORT)