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Soil Core Sampler Kit

SISCO-SS-JC0203

The soil core sampler kit is designed for efficient, deep soil sampling. Its rotating and sealing drill body ensures direct extraction from the specified depth without disturbing upper layers, making it ideal for analyzing loose soils like sediment, marsh, and mud-carbon soil without borehole collapse.

$1,095.64

Soil Auger Sampler With T Handle

SISCO-SS-JC802A

The heart-shaped soil auger sampler with T handle is an efficient sampling tool designed specifically for agricultural research, soil testing, environmental monitoring, and other fields. Its heart-shaped design facilitates deep penetration into soil layers, improves sampling efficiency, and reduces disturbance to soil structure, ensuring sample representativeness.

$429.77

A soil sampler is a precision instrument designed to extract representative soil samples from the ground. It ensures consistency in sampling depth and volume, which is critical for accurate laboratory analysis. It helps determine soil fertility, moisture, texture, pH, nutrient levels, and presence of contaminants.

Types of Soil Samplers

Soil Probes/Tubes: These are hollow tubes that are pushed or hammered into the ground to extract a soil core. They are ideal for relatively undisturbed soil samples.
Augers: Augers have a rotating cutting edge that drills into the soil. They are useful for deeper samples or in harder soil conditions.
Core Samplers: These samplers are designed to extract cylindrical samples, preserving the soil's vertical structure and layers.
Push Tubes: Simple push tubes are manually inserted into the soil to collect a sample.
Hydraulic Probes: These probes use hydraulic power to push the sampler into the ground, allowing for deeper sampling, especially in compacted soils.
Specialized Samplers: There are also specialized samplers for specific purposes, such as collecting samples for volatile organic compound analysis.

Applications of Soil Samplers

Agriculture: Assess soil health for optimized fertilizer use and crop rotation strategies.
Environmental Science: Monitor soil contamination or remediation efforts.
Geotechnical Engineering: Engineers use soil samplers to collect samples for geotechnical investigations to assess soil properties for construction and infrastructure projects.
Gardening and Landscaping: Home gardeners and landscapers use soil samplers to understand soil composition and determine appropriate soilamendments and planting depths.

Considerations When Choosing a Soil Sampler

Soil Type: Different soil types (e.g., sandy, clayey, rocky) require different sampler types.
Sampling Depth: Consider the depth at which you need to collect samples.
Desired Sample Size: Select a sampler that collects the appropriate volume of soil for your analysis.
Level of Soil Disturbance: For some analyses, minimizing soil disturbance is crucial, making core samplers ideal.
Portability and Ease of Use: Choose a sampler that is easy to transport and operate.
Cost and Durability: Balance your budget with the need for a durable and reliable tool.

User Value

Data-Driven Decisions: Helps users make informed choices based on lab results.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces guesswork in fertilization or land development.
Regulatory Compliance: Enables accurate reporting in environmental audits.
Time Savings: Speeds up fieldwork with standardized sampling processes.