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A soil that has a high activity of hydrogen ions, which gives the soil a pH value below 7 and produces a yellow, orange or red reaction when in contact with universal indicator solution (see pH). Acid soils are suitable for growing ericaceous

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Hi, I am curious to find out what type of soil i have and wondered about buying a tester, there are some cheap ones available for You can get them for a couple of £ from garden centre or eBay , they will be standard check ph , acid or alkaline soil

We have an area of garden where we want to plant acid loving plants - but our soil is mainly heavy clay and certainly the hydranegas wehave planted there seem to only live for one season.  Our local garden centre have just advised us to mix

Can anyone recomend a good soil testing kit. not too expensive? Hello aliesh, Funny....just bought one from homebase for someone yesterday.   £4. 99p.  Not been used yet but it's all you need.  They are in garden centres, b & q, etc I bought a PH

cultivate the soil in my new flower bed?  It is ash type soil with clay underneath and needs help.  I have bags of good quality multipurpose compost which is really for my pots later on but could I use this or should I buy some soil or similar matter

not to have used as much seed as I should have done and the levels are also not as good as I had hoped.  Primarily the soil I put down before seeding has got lower (possibly I did not tread it in hard enough).  The question is can I just add soil on top

Hi all Im sure this is an old and boring question...but do I need to change the soil in my raised bed? I didn't use it last year and it is full of weeds and cat poo. thanks Hello How deep is your raised bed ? Hi Two tiered but at its deepest about

I am planning growing veg in containers next year and have a list of seeds which are suitable for this purpose.  However, I am not sure if I can only use compost or would garden soil be suitable.  If it is compost, is there a particular type which

Hi all,,,, has anyone got any advise for a first time buyer and user for a soil tester, new allotment this year,  raised new beds ,got new topsoil in and manured all of them about 2 monthes ago, its all sitting waiting for the new season to start