If you have been fertilizing your garden regularly for several years in a row, it’s possible your soil may need lime. Lime is a calcium-based soil amendment that farmers and gardeners use to raise ...

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Obert Chifamba Agri — Government has since revealed that more than 70 percent of the country's soils are acidic and need to be limed to bring them to the right pH levels. Technically, this meant the ...

Optimising pH increases fertiliser u se efficiency and releases nutrients locked up in the soil Nutrition plan: Twin-bearing ewes on Brian Keane’s farm near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford Scanning results ...

Applying lime when lime is not needed may have disastrous results in your garden, landscape and lawn. Determining soil pH is important in gardening. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 being ...

Question for Dan Gill: I received my soil test results from the LSU AgCenter Soil Testing and Plant Analysis Lab. Our new side yard shows a high pH - 7.03 to 7.72. The area was filled with 10 loads of ...

The key to healthy productive roses is good, fertile soil. A healthy soil retains water and also drains well. It contains organic matter, adequate nutrients and an optimal pH. This last component is ...

I am planning to install some new walks and a patio at my home and have heard that I should not use limestone screenings for the base. Is that correct? If so, why should this readily available product ...

The power of hydrogen is not often discussed among gardeners unless you are a chemist. Commonly known as pH, it measures of the number of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions in the soils. But enough with the ...