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tim

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Does anyone have acid soil?
« on: April 17, 2007, 11:31:37 »
How do you cope?

Ours is pH 7.5 throughout. And yet Potatoes do well.

Robert_Brenchley

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2007, 11:58:29 »
Mine is about pH6-6.5 according to a pH meter which may or may not be accurate. Everything grows quite happily, so I don't do anything to modify it at all.

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2007, 12:55:04 »
I really should test mine... i have a tester somewhere around here but would take me a week to find it.

All i know is my brassicas havent done too well.

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2007, 14:05:36 »
I've never tested my soil - but living in Cornwall I guess our soil is as acid as they come.

Most things grow here ok - anything that's not I put down to my inexperience. (this is my 3rd year at growing veg).

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2007, 20:27:44 »
How do you cope?? Grow a lot of blueberries!!!! XX Jeannine
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tim

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2007, 07:05:46 »
Accounts for your great complexion!!

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2007, 11:27:52 »
No Tim, not here in Bournemouth. It's more limey if anything, like the tap water. Buy a new kettle here and within a fortnight you're descaling it.  :(
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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2007, 17:31:00 »
Don't remember the water - last time I was in B'mouth was in 1928 - at The Old Ride School, Branksome Park. Watched the Review of the Fleet.

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2007, 07:40:53 »
We had a fleet then, too. Must have been impressive.

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Re: Does anyone have acid soil?
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2007, 10:52:59 »
So true, Robert - so true!!

I think I posted this some time ago, but a repeat won't hurt. View over our playing field.

 

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