How to Measure your Soil pH Cheap and Easy
Soil pH is one of the most important factors that can be overlooked in the garden. pH has impacts on the availability of nutrients and of the plants ability to take them up. If the pH of your garden soil is not in the optimal range for the plants you are trying to grow you may end up having issues. Often plants grown in a soil that does not have the optimal pH don’t produce or if they do their harvests are low while the plant may looks stressed.
On today’s joint episode between the Testing Garden Assumptions and Urban Garden Series I am going to take a look at soil pH, how to easily measure it and how you can adjust the pH over time if need be.
pH is measured in a 14 point scale with 0 being the most acidic 7 neutral and 14 the most basic.
Testing Garden Assumptions Series Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mfR-r4BXH3UTGH_3UAG6cB8NnlO8M1U
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Urban Gardening Series Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mfR-r4BXH0wwN-9IQ–WX-C-4JqTR-7
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References:
University of Vermont pH requirements for plant growth reference sheet:
http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/pubs/oh34.htm
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dont youse pete in decres pH as it is bad for the inviroment
How do you increase sulfur in soil?
The least expensive option, gypsum, made up of calcium sulfate, is an excellent soil amendment for soils that are deficient of both calcium and sulfur. Gypsum contains 15% sulfate, which is the only absorbable form of sulfur for plants.
You try to give the video more brightness it will be great if you do
Could you post the readings chart again please as I have this meter and I want to check my soil ph. Thank you
Gypsum is pH down not up.
Can check PH in water, using this ph meter?
I think that 's not correct display. Digital meter more accurate than that green. Coz i had one. If u measure the same soil put in the different container… the result?.
is it accurate?. i don't think so. Better need to calibrate the standard rate within that meter.