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Question
How do I rid my garden of too much acid?
Roy
The short answer is to add lime but you could end up wasting money. pH is not a big worry unless for something specific. If pH is the reason for poor yield (commercial crop) or poor quality of a marketable product, then sure, pH should be corrected. So now when you take a soil sample to be tested, you will be able to tell the Lab what you are trying to grow or what you are trying to correct. They will conduct an analysis and come up with recommendations which you can decide upon. That would be money well spent.
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Ronald B Persaud
Expertise
Florida (Central and South) lawns maintenance and troubleshooting.
Experience
Work experience in Garden and Technical Sales (Ace Hardware and Lesco).
L&O Spray Technican/Horticulturist/Tree permitting (Local Municipality).
Commercial Landscape Maintenance (Condo complex and Shopping Mall)
Organizations
Past member Florida Landscape Maintenance Association (Pinellas County).
Publications
On the 'Gardenweb' under the pseudonym "Ronalawn82"
Education/Credentials
CPO certified (L&O) Florida.
Hons. Graduate: Eastern Caribbean Farm Institute (now Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry), Trinidad WI.
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