Re: How to acidify soil
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- Subject: Re: How to acidify soil
- From: "* L* <h*@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 12:59:44 -0500
Kaliedra, what part of the state do you live in. I am in northern Oakland
County which was originally dominated by oak and beach forest. There aren't
a lot of pines here, but I will look into sources of pine needle mulch. I
have several areas that would benefit from a lower pH where I would just as
soon not have to go to the effort involved in putting a raised mound where I
have existing plantings. Think I will do it for the rhodo & azalea area
though. Thanks!
-
Hal Lanktree
Zone 5b, Michigan
-----Original Message-----
From: KaIiedra@aol.com <KaIiedra@aol.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, February 08, 1998 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: How to acidify soil
>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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