Re: How to acidify soil
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: How to acidify soil
- From: K*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 00:26:04 EST
An awful lot of work just to acidify the soil. I'm in Michigan also. I mix
all my soil the
same adding peat and topsoil mix. To add acidity try pine needles. There is
an abundance of them in this state, I have 5 trees in my yard that drop those
thing and kill everything in their path. I put them down asmulch on my rhodas
and they grow like wild.
<< 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. >>
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