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Re: [Rose-list] will citrus lower pH?

Hi:
I suggest that you add sulphur to your bed to lower its pH to about 6.5.
The amount necessary should be indicated on the package.
Good luck,

Colette Tremblay aka Madame Hardy
Quebec Canada zone 4b

PS: stove ashes must be added sparingly to soil, provided it is not
alkaline to start with.

k wrote:

> Last fall I mixed a small amount of stove ashes into one of my rose
> beds' dirt.  Now it has an akaline pH reading. It is the only bed that's
> akaline and also the only bed I added ashes to;  so I am thinking that
> stove ashes are responsible for the higher pH test reading.  My question
> is this:  Has anyone ever tried to add citrus peels or pulps to the dirt
> to acidify the pH level?
>
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Université Laval
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Téléphone : (418) 656-2131 poste 2893
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