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27-07-2006, 08:35 AM posted to sci.bio.botany
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Is blue spruce an indicator of soil pH Is there a indicator of soil pH simply from the plants that grow there
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I was wondering if plants can act as a guage of soil pH rather than
scientific testing of soil samples. Whether if one sees a plant X
growing on the lot indicates the soil must be of a constrained pH.
The reason this question arises is because I was under the impression
that this land around me is alkali and not acidic enough to grow
hazelnut. However, one neighbor has a bush that is thriving. So I want
to know if there is a common weed that requires enough acid soil, such
that if I planted hazelnut in that spot would have enough acid soil. I
do not want to be soil sampling. I want to spot a plant that requires
acid soil and thus my hazelnut would do well in that spot.
I am hoping there is a weed that can indicate if the soil is acid
enough to grow Hazelnuts. Have not found such a weed. I guess weeds are
so adaptable to about any soil pH.
So I wonder if a soil can grow blue-spruce is a indicator that the soil
will grow hazelnut.
I want to use plants as indicators of soil pH. Any help.
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