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Soil Test and Amendment Record
A free printable soil test and amendment record — bed, date, the test you did and the reading your own kit gave, then what was added, how much and when it was worked in.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Read a change in the ground against what was actually put on it, instead of adding the same things year after year on the strength of a vague memory.
Who it is for
Allotment holders, kitchen gardeners and smallholders who test their own beds with a home kit or send off the occasional sample.
How to use it
- Record the kit or laboratory you used at the top, so readings stay comparable.
- Write each reading exactly as your kit reports it, with its own scale or units.
- Log what you added against the same bed and date, with the quantity you actually used.
- Note whether it was worked in or left on the surface — it changes how the next test reads.
- Keep the sheets by plot, not by year, so one bed's history stays together.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: What your own test kit told you about each bed, and what you put on afterwards — so a change in the ground can be read against what was added to it.
Your kit's numbers, not ours. There are no target figures and no application rates on this sheet. Write down the reading your kit gave, using whatever scale that kit uses, and follow the instructions that came with your test and with whatever you are adding. This is a record of what you found and what you did, not advice on either.
Write-on lines: Plot / garden · Season or year · Test kit used
Tests taken — record the reading exactly as your kit reports it
Table, 5 rows: Date · Bed / area · Test · Reading · Scale / units · Sampled by · Notes
What was added
Table, 5 rows: Date · Bed / area · Added · Quantity · Worked in · By · Notes
Questions
Why are there no target levels or application rates?
Because they depend on your soil, your crop and the product in your hand, and getting them wrong is expensive in both directions. Take the figures from your test kit's own instructions and from the label of whatever you are adding; this sheet records what you found and what you did.
My kit gives colours, not numbers. Does the sheet still work?
Yes. Write the colour or band the kit names in the reading column and put the kit's own scale beside it. What matters is that the same kit is read the same way each time.
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