paghat wrote:

is not adding appropriate organic material (compost etc) also
consdired ameding? I am confused now.

It is. But if the goal is to change the soil to something other than
is the normal average in the region, it will be a temporary fix, & if
the fix is done repeatedly with soil additives (chemical or mineral),
the accumulative effect can destroy the soil for sensitive plants
even if one can get the preferred pH reading after long tinkering.

-paghat

you mean normal healthy right?

I'm somewhere on the cusp of sand and black glacial loess. ;-)

Penny