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Ph of soil

seefin · 2012-08-26 18:12:01

Totally novice gardener here. Bought Ph testing kit as I've successfully killed every flower I planted this year! Just have 2 long beds really. The south facing one tested 7 but the north facing soil went off the scale so seems like Ph of 1 ! Am just wondering in case I measured soil at too deep a level or some other…

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26-08-2012 7:12pm

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Totally novice gardener here. Bought Ph testing kit as I've successfully killed every flower I planted this year! Just have 2 long beds really. The south facing one tested 7 but the north facing soil went off the scale so seems like Ph of 1 ! Am just wondering in case I measured soil at too deep a level or some other explanation before I go mixing in lime. Can soil even have a Ph that low? Can Ph vary at different depths? Is it enough to just measure at one spot or can it vary eg every metre.

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