To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

Fall testing is ideal because it gives you plenty of time to get results back from the lab and to begin improving your soil before planting.

Imagine if coffee mate and sugar never dissolved in your coffee. Or cream and sugar never dissolved in your tea. Plants face a similar dilemma when they are grown in soil with the wrong pH. Soil pH is ...

2. Improve Plant Health: When the soil pH and nutrients are balanced, plants are stronger, better able to absorb water, and ...

Some plants thrive in more acidic soils, and this additive can provide a near-immediate decrease in pH. With that said, ...

One of the biggest factors affecting the health of plants in your garden is the pH of the soil, which is a measure of its acidity or alkalinity. A pH of 7.0 is neutral while that above 7.0 is alkaline ...

Mr. D. shows how to correct soil pH, and Amy Dismukes discusses insect pest control. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, retired UT Extension agent Mike Dennison demonstrates how ...

Home soil testing kits easily read the pH and nutrient levels of the sample, but they can differ greatly from more precise ...

I’ve said it before, the foundation of any successful garden starts with quality soil or media. This applies to whether you’re growing in the ground, raised beds, containers, DIY structures, etc. Any ...

Q: I just purchased a house in Grand Forks that I want to begin landscaping. The soil is gumbo and has a pH of 7.5. One of the plants I want to establish is a rugosa rose (snow pavement). While I love ...

The correct application rates and type of limestone used have the ability to bring growers a multiyear, cost-effective benefit. “Compared to all the other inputs, limestone is very cheap. I can often ...