A professional soil consultant uses a special tool to extract a soil sample (called a ‘Plug’) from the ground. The tool provides a cylindrical plug (25mm diam) with parallel sides to the required depth of the soil. (75mm for pasture, 150mm for cropping.) This tool is waist high (like a spade) and entails using the weight of the foot to push the tool into the earth. Soil sampling is not a difficult task which, as long as simple instructions are adhered to, anyone can do. The problem is getting one of these large soil sampling tools to the farm to be tested. This is where the Dirt Dagger© comes in.
The Dirt Dagger© is a version of the professional soil consultant’s tool, redesigned to make its use simpler, and small enough to fit into a mail bag.
Now soil sampling becomes a simple DO-IT-YOURSELF job with results as good as a professional’s.

The Dirt Dagger Kit includes all of the following.

1. The Dirt Dagger© and simple instructions on how to do a good soil sampling job.
   
2. A soil bag for each test needed. (Different soil types or topography may need separate tests.)
   
3. A soil analysis request form to tell the laboratory which test is needed.
   
4. A preaddressed and prepaid postage bag to get the sample to the laboratory.
   
5. A prepaid test of your soil by Hill Laboratories, Hamilton, the largest soil laboratory in New Zealand. The results are sent to you by your favoured method. (email, fax or post.)
   
6. A phone based explanation about the results and independent professional advice on what to do next.
   
7. An “on the ground” quotation of the best fertiliser and lime program to suit both your soil and your budget. “Production without waste.”(Conventional, Organic, Dicalcic or whatever you wish.) We will then arrange application of your “Custom Blended Mix” by your local spreader in the best way possible. (Bulk trucks, Quad Bike Contractors or you spread yourself.)

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