Re: How to acidify soil

Harold Lanktree wrote:
> 
> My siol in Michigan is quite alkaline too.  What I am doing is building
> mounded beds using bulk "50-50" mix from a local nursery.  It is 50% topsoil
> and 50% peat.  You can use soil sulphur and acidifying fertilizer, but soil
> any organic mater in the soil will buffer, or restrict changes in pH, so I
> don't think they are terribly effective.  In effect, I am changing the soil
> to get around that.  Since most of the plants I am concerned with have
> shallow root systems (rhodo's, etc) the mounds don't need to be very high.
> Secondary benefits are much improved drainage in the root zone, and a high
> level of organic matter, which these plants love.  Over a long period of
> time I expect my new soil will loose acidity too, but I think it will take
> many years.
> 
> >> Since you folks know just about everything, can you give me some ideas
> for
> >> acidifying soil?  I just started growing rhodos and heather, all of which
> >> require acidic soil.  Also, my mother (who lurks on this mailing list) is
> >> hoping to experiment with hardy cyclamen this summer and will need the
> >same conditions for this venture.
> 
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Hi Harold,,

Why not mix into the soils decomposed manure? I mix it into all my beds
and here we do not have a problem with alkilinity. The uric acid lowers
the PH.

Mark Mos
NY
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