mcpurple
Well-Known Member
i understand about the cash part.This is my first season at this house so I bet if I stay here for a few years by the time I leave it will look like a botanical gardens! I am ambitious but need to learn more and am restrained by money just like everyone else.
I don't know about the ph. That stuff is what the local garden store recomended. They are just a garden store not Lowes or Home Deopt so I guess they should know about local soils. I need to learn more about garden ph. Should I spread dolomite lime or something? I want to grow mostly organic as I can and will be making and adding my own compost.
as for ph well you should test your soil 1st before anything is done to it, my soil is at about 7.5.
i bought a 12 pound box of bird shit for nutes for the most part but my soil should be rich for awhile, iva added cow shit, alot of used coffee grounds cuz they are free, a good source of N and provide worms with food so they can shit all in my soil. i also add powdered egg shells. all this stuff has dropped my ph to about 7 witch is right where i want it is hard to make the ph right for each individual plant if all are in the same area so a neutral ph allows them all to grow just fine IMO unless you got plants that love acid soils.
last year i did not feed my plants at all and they all did great so this year should be better.
find out your soils ph before you add lime