Re: Re: CULT: Epsom salts (was Borax)

--- crook <zone1_5@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>  Our soil is naturally acidic here 6.5 pH. But once the soil
is broke and used for a while the acidic base tends to leach out
with rain and watering.I guess the acidity comes from the spruce
and pine forests here. <<<

Darm, I am guessing that the conifers grow well in colder,
on-the-acid- side-soil climates.....rather the trees making the
soil acid. We have on various areas of the property pH of 5.6 up
to 6.1. The 6.1 is near the only fir tree on the property. I
would love it if I could get the pH of the soil up to 6.5 for
the bearded plantings.

>>> Out of some four hundred plus lilies I usually end up
treating three or four a year, then correct the problem in the
fall. <<<

Are these lilium, true lilies? If so, they prefer more alkaline
soil and do well in a culture like the bearded irises. Daylilies
(hems) do like it more acid but they seem to grow anywhere and
you can't kill the things...no matter how you try. :-)

Ellen (a.m. temps here warmer today - 47 F (8 C)..will a heat
wave break out?)

p.s. Dave F.: "It has come to this: Some New Englanders now
identify Summer as six weeks of bad skiing." (from Wicked Cool
Stuff about Vermont)

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