Re: Acidifying alkaline soil

 Sorry I forgot about how cold you get up there.  I use large plastic or the better terracotta Vietnam pots for hostas and small maples.  But that would not help you.  Guess you will have to send down this way to keep the tender plants from freezing.
Nancy


On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Don Martinson wrote:

 Do you mean a large pot (could not be terra cotta) sunk into the ground year around whose purpose would be to contain the acidified soil?  Unfortunately, Iâm at the age where I relish less and less the potted plants which I have to lug in in the fall and lug out in the spring.  I have a Cercis sp that I purchased from Arrowhead Alpines several years ago that is supposed to be a seedling from a purple (so they say) flowering specimen from Afghanistan (so perhaps itâs C. siliquecastrum âAfghan Deep Purpleâ).  I planted it out for a few years, but it always froze back to the soil level.  So I potted it up and store it, dormant, in my basement. I can only hope it blooms before I get too old to lug it in and out.

Back to the acidifying issue, my research suggest elemental sulfur is most commonly used although the reduction in pH occurs over time and is not immediate.

Don Martinson


On 5/4/13 5:42 PM, " robyn82hn@charter.net" < robyn82hn@charter.net> wrote:

You could grow it in a pot.  I have to grow a lot of plants in pots here in east Tennessee.  Just found a white bloomed one but since I do have acid soil will be planting it out.  I love the bells with butterflies and bees hanging on.
Nancy
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