Re: ph to high, help fast
Try two pounds of soil sulfer per 100 square feet. Be sure to
till it in. This will hopefully lower your ph by .5 or so. I
would not try rates higher than this so close to planting. It
will probably take at least two years to get the ph down to
around 7.
vince
best beowulf, 831
zone 9, the pumpkin zone
--- Bart Toftness <toftness@mindspring.com> wrote:
> List
>
> I just talked to Alan R. (the tarp guy) and he got his soil
> test back with
> high organics and ph of 7.4 to 7.9 The big question he wants
> to know is
> what to add and how much (rate) in order to lower his ph
> quickly. For
> 'organic soil' he thinks the ph should be much lower than
> this. If you
> have the answerers please send them to him privately
> (Mastrpumkn@aol.com)
> or post here.
>
>
> thanks
> Bart
>
>
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