I would try to keep my soil at a pH of 6 to 7. Don't put lime on it unless
you want to raise the pH above that. Just remember that if you get the pH
too high the only thing you will be able to grow is weeds. Add sulpher or
compose to keep the ph down. Blueberries, for example, need the pH around
5 - 5.5 to do their best. Maybe the others can give you better information.

Dwayne


"STEPHEN PEEK" wrote in message
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Go with the mushroom & till it in well.

"Dan Wenz" wrote in message
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I'm in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, around 40° N. latitude. A
nearby garden shop is selling quantities of soils, 3 Cu. Yd's. minimum
order. Beside a variety of flowering plants my wife is interested in
re-potting (we do have a small quantity of potting soil), I'd like to
grow some tomatoes, maybe green peppers, not a large number, not sure
what else. We did have a mostly tomato garden years ago, now taken over
for water gardens and flowering plants. I just want to throw a raised
soil (mix?) in one sunny area to grow the tomatoes, peppers, whatever.

Question is what soils might be most useful - I can order them in
separated "batches", to be mixed or not as I chose. The soils available
at the shop are mushroom, compost (leaf), topsoil, and garden soil (I
think has some sand content)- pretty vague terms I know - order of the
above is cheapest to most expensive. Googling for tomatoes/soils has made
my head spin - sounds like any of the above would be OK depending on what
I find the soils acidity might be, since I know I need a slightly acid
medium, possibly with some handfuls of limestone thrown in. Any comments
from you folks would be appreciated.