ATC ‘22 ARBORPALOOZA: EXPLORING THE WIDE WORLD OF TREES
Landscape Soil Tests: Getting the Right Tests & Interpreting Them Correctly Monday, October 3, 2022 | 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm (1 CEU) Presenter: Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott Location: Bay 5 Increasingly we recognize the importance of soil testing before prescribing use of fertilizers, but all soil tests are not created equally: agricultural soil metrics are not appropriate for use in landscapes. Moreover, we can correlate relevant soil test data with careful site observations to learn more about what constitutes sus - tainable levels of organic matter and nutrients. Learning how to interpret soil tests by ground-truthing with site conditions allows arborists and landscape managers to understand how rhizospheres are currently functioning and what, if anything, should be added.
Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott has a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Oregon State University and is an ISA certified arborist and an ASCA con - sulting arborist. She is WSU’s Extension Urban Horticulturist and a Professor in the Department of Horticulture, and holds two affili - ate professor positions at University of Washington. She conducts research in applied plant and soil sciences, publishing the results in scientific articles and university Extension fact sheets.In 2020, she was named the new editor for the Western Arborist magazine.
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