Welcome to the Horticultural Substrates Laboratory web site. Our purpose is to disseminate information and encourage communication about substrates and urban soils. If you have any questions or need further information you can contact any of the faculty listed or Bill Fonteno.

Not sure where to start? Here is a listing of what each category has to offer:

• Introduction
• People: Faculty and staff of HSL

• Diagnostic Service: Testing procedures available and sample submission instructions
• Procedures and Equipment
  • NCSU Porometer Information: Equipment for measuring substrate porosity available from HSL
  • Hydration Index Procedures: New procedure for measuring wettability of substrates
• PourThru: A Technique for monitoring pH and EC in the greenhouse.
• HSL Publications and Presentations: Articles about substrate testing, grower/industry applications, and urban soils and lectures from grower meetings on substrates, water quality, nutrition
• Address:
  Horticultural Substrates Laboratory
  North Carolina State University
  152 Kilgore Hall, Box 7609
  Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
  Phone: (919) 515-5368
  FAX: (919) 513-3192

Maintained by Bill Fonteno

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