TEST THE pH YOUR SOIL BY USING BAKING SODA & VINEGAR
FOR ACIDITY: WET ABOUT A HALF CUP OF YOUR GARDEN SOIL. ADD A FEW PINCHES OF BAKING SODA,,,,IF IT FIZZES IT IS ACIDIC. MOST LIKELY TOO ACIDIC FOR PLANTS TO PROPERLY GROW AND GIVE GOOD YIELDS.
SOME SOLUTIONS TO ACIDIC SOILS: ADD ASHES FROM WOOD, ADDING LIME, OR BONE MEAL (which great sources of trace minerals)., AGED COMPOST
FOR ALKALINITY: TAKE ABOUT HALF CUP SOIL ADD CIDER VINEGAR,, IF IT FIZZES THE SOIL IS ALKALINE.
SOME SOLUTIONS TO ALKALINE SOILS: ADD PEAT MOSS, OR SULFUR PRILLS
SOIL pH VARIES FROM PLANT TO PLANT ALTHOUGH MOST LIKE A pH AROUND
6.0-6.5,,,,NEUTRAL IS 7
SOME PLANTS THAT LIKE REALLY LOW pH ARE HYDRANGEAS, RHODODENDRONS, AZEALAS, GARDENIAS, HOLLIES.
RADISHES, PARSLEY, SWEET POTATOES, POTATOES, RHUBARB, PEPPERS. BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY, GOOSEBERRY, CURRENTS, APPLES, GRAPES, ELDERBERRY, RAPSBERRY, STRAWBERRY
