The week before last presented the opportunity for many farmers to secure their final cut of silage for the year and liming ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soil pH is a measure of your soil chemistry. On a scale of 1 to 14, it measures whether soil is acidic or alkaline, with the middle range (7) being neutral. Your soil pH affects what nutrients are ...

When I started gardening, I assumed you could put seeds in dirt, add water and watch them grow into plants. That uneducated approach produced haphazard results and few vegetables. Somehow, I missed ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you have leggy or struggling plants, it's often a sign that you should test the soil's pH level. You can invest in professional testing; ...

Several varieties of Hydrangea macrophylla are color changeable. The flower color is determined in part by the soil’s pH level. A soil sample indicates the nutrients and pH level of the soil, ...

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 ...

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 ...