Need-Lime
Sulfur
Dirt test kit
Step 1
Take a soil sample before you begin trying to adjust the pH level of your soil. A soil sample will give you the best indication as to what you need to do to adjust your soil. Just dig between 4" and 8" to get a good sample, and then use your soil testing kit or take your soil to a garden center that offers testing services.
Step 2
Use the results of your soil sample to determine how best to adjust the pH level. If the soil is too basic (loamy), then you'll want to add lime. If the soil is too acidic then you'll want to add sulfur.
Step 3
Know the general proportions of either compound you should add to your soil, as well as their relative effects. For example, 4 ounces of lime will raise the pH of 1 square yard of soil by 1.0. Conversely, 5 or 6 ounces of sulfur will reduce the pH level by 1.
Step 4
Introduce those compounds to your soil. It's important to spread it through the soil and not pile it in one spot. If you pile the compounds in one spot then it will end up having a disproportionate amount of either. Use a spreader or even just a shovel to distribute the lime or sulfur evenly.
Step 5
Till your garden soil. Tilling the soil will help to mix the pH balancing compounds deeply into the soil to where the roots will grow.
Step 6
Take additional soil samples throughout the growing season. Start two weeks after the introduction of pH compounds, and then again at one month and two months. This will tell you whether you need to make further adjustments to your soil or if it's just right.
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Sounds pretty easy,just need the ingredients
Sulfur
Dirt test kit
Step 1
Take a soil sample before you begin trying to adjust the pH level of your soil. A soil sample will give you the best indication as to what you need to do to adjust your soil. Just dig between 4" and 8" to get a good sample, and then use your soil testing kit or take your soil to a garden center that offers testing services.
Step 2
Use the results of your soil sample to determine how best to adjust the pH level. If the soil is too basic (loamy), then you'll want to add lime. If the soil is too acidic then you'll want to add sulfur.
Step 3
Know the general proportions of either compound you should add to your soil, as well as their relative effects. For example, 4 ounces of lime will raise the pH of 1 square yard of soil by 1.0. Conversely, 5 or 6 ounces of sulfur will reduce the pH level by 1.
Step 4
Introduce those compounds to your soil. It's important to spread it through the soil and not pile it in one spot. If you pile the compounds in one spot then it will end up having a disproportionate amount of either. Use a spreader or even just a shovel to distribute the lime or sulfur evenly.
Step 5
Till your garden soil. Tilling the soil will help to mix the pH balancing compounds deeply into the soil to where the roots will grow.
Step 6
Take additional soil samples throughout the growing season. Start two weeks after the introduction of pH compounds, and then again at one month and two months. This will tell you whether you need to make further adjustments to your soil or if it's just right.
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Sounds pretty easy,just need the ingredients
