Re: pH meters & County Extension Offices

At 04:51 PM 8/21/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Bill,
>     Can't answer for Ohio.... just know the extension office here in my 
> county was
>asking for volunteers to do soil testing at sometime back at a MG meeting. 
>Perhaps
>I had better look into the local situation so I won't give out erroneous
>information.
>     I am aware that the extension offices were cut in funds this year. 
> Not a high
>priority in local or state government. Education never is... mostly we get 
>lots of
>political speeches and no funding for the programs promised. But, we had 
>better
>stay out of politics here
>     Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>           around the woods - around the world
>genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

You can buy a roll of pH test paper from some garden seed sources. I think 
I bought mine at Garden City seeds for about $6. Should do many tests.  Or 
do the pH papers sold for swimming pools span the spectrum of expected pH 
in soils? That might be another possibility. Margaret L


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index