Thread: soil pH?
View Single Post
  #9   Report Post  
Old 21-10-2004, 12:34 PM
Chookie
 
Posts: n/a
Default

In article , "MM"
wrote:

what should the pH be for a vegatable patch?
i'm getting pH5 at the moment


Take a couple more measurements first in various spots. If they still come
out at that pH, start adding lime/dolomite along with compost to improve soil
structure. Most vegies like a pH of 6-7, some even more alkaline than that.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Life is like a cigarette -- smoke it to the butt." -- Harvie Krumpet