Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 11:39
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Tundra Nutrient Seasonality

About how long did it take to pluck the soil and separate into the different categories? Oh, and I love the pictures. (: -Brianna

Thu, 05/31/2012 - 19:56

Susan Steiner

Good question, Brianna. I'm a rank beginner at it, so it takes me awhile, maybe about 15 to 20 minutes to go through a core sample. You don't want to spend too much time with it as the soil gets too dried out. The weighing into the different categories goes fairly fast; each sample is weighed into 4 different containers. If you stay focused and organized, you can weigh 1 sample into the 4 categories in under a couple of minutes. Once they are weighed, each goes through different processes that can take up to 24 hours, depending on what is being tested.