Lime is base, not acidic. By the way, blueberries and blackberries are
completely different. You can grow blackberries in this soil without much of
any fussing. Proper pruning out old canes is what you need to know how to do,
rather than adjusting pH. I have blackberries, I believe they are 'Navaho'
variety. Our soil is slightly base, about 7.8

Victoria


On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 11:11:11 -0500, wrote:

That was my thinking as well, but the folks raising black berries
in this are assure me that applying 3# of powered sulphur per
50' row of berries will do the job. I'm gonna try it - can't hurt:-)

I read somewhere on the www that "lime" will do the job, but
takes ~ 2 or 3 months to work? I was thinking that lime would
make the soil more alkaline, but the site said it would make
the soil more acidic? Now I'm confused, but that's normal for
me:-)

Gene




"Rusty Mase" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 16:44:32 GMT, animaux
wrote:

Everyone is correct, though. You will never be successful lowering the
pH of
any soil, permanently.

You can get a rough number for how much sulfur it takes by sending a
soil sample to the Texas Ag Extension Service's Soils Lab at A&M and
looking at the measure for "Excess Calcium".

My soil, probably similar to yours, would require on the order of
9,000 pounds of sulfur per acre to handle the top 6 inches (plow
depth). I leak a little Disposul (200 #) on it every year but that
takes something like 30 years to even come close and by that time what
is below 6 inches probably leaks up.

I also add quit a bit of phosphorus as that goes into calcium
phosphate. So with the calcium sulfate and calcium phosphate I am
creating, I will, if I live long enough, end up with a "plaster" yard.

Rusty Mase


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