Raising the PH 2.
 

Hiya all,

Many thanks to the people who replied to my last posting about my soil PH.
After reading the replies it seemed a bit odd that everyone said that i
should go back and re-test my soil. Well ive taken their advice.

The first time i tested it with one of those meter and probe things which
you just stick into the ground and the reading was 4. I then went to the
shop and bought a chemical test kit, the reading with this is 5.5 to 6. What
a difference.

The meter and probe has now gone in the dustbin.

Once again thanks to everyone for your help.

Bill.

Raising the PH 2.
 

"William Anderson" wrote in message
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Hiya all,

Many thanks to the people who replied to my last posting about my soil PH.
After reading the replies it seemed a bit odd that everyone said that i
should go back and re-test my soil. Well ive taken their advice.

The first time i tested it with one of those meter and probe things which
you just stick into the ground and the reading was 4. I then went to the
shop and bought a chemical test kit, the reading with this is 5.5 to 6.
What
a difference.

The meter and probe has now gone in the dustbin.

Once again thanks to everyone for your help.

Bill.

That makes much more sense. You still need lime tho. Those cheapo meter
things do work but have to be used *exactly* according to the instructions.

Rod

Raising the PH 2.
 

On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:53:16 -0000, "William Anderson"
wrote:

Hiya all,

Many thanks to the people who replied to my last posting about my soil PH.
After reading the replies it seemed a bit odd that everyone said that i
should go back and re-test my soil. Well ive taken their advice.

The first time i tested it with one of those meter and probe things which
you just stick into the ground and the reading was 4. I then went to the
shop and bought a chemical test kit, the reading with this is 5.5 to 6. What
a difference.

You should still repeat the test on soil from different parts of
your garden. Because nutrient and pH levels vary so widely from
point ot point even over a small area, it is actually quite
tricky to get a reliable measure of them.

IIRC, the scientific protocol involves digging a hole and taking
out a rather large soil sample, drying this, crushing it, and
mixing it very thoroughly, then taking a small sub-sample.

Perhaps Google might unearth more precise instructions.


The meter and probe has now gone in the dustbin.

!

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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada