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Evening,
I was just wondering if anyone here reconmends any soil testing kit brand/product.
Thanks for your help,
Samuel
I was just wondering if anyone here reconmends any soil testing kit brand/product.
Thanks for your help,
Samuel
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Hi Sam,
I have a Marshalls PH test kit, very simple to use, as to be for me to use it.
£10-90 inc P&P does 30 tests.
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I've heard that a lot of them aren't that accurate so it's worth checking the pH of something like water and vinegar before you start as you have a good idea where they sit so if the vinegar is showing to be acidic then your test won't be worth anything.
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Vinegar better show up as acidic, its an acid.
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Well spottedOriginally posted by Potstubsdustbins View Post
- must type slower and then maybe I'd notice that I was saying exactly the opposite of what I meant by missing out a not! Whilst it won't show if the test is calibrated exactly, it will at least show that it's indicating the right way.
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Well, my water is hard with limescale, so the soil's bound to be alkaline.Originally posted by Samuel1988 View Post
*looks at what grows well: brassicas, check. My spuds get scab, and scab loves alkaline soil. Check
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That's a good point actually TS, I've never bothered testing mine but the fact that all the gardens round here are full of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias etc is a fair indication that it's acid soil, have worked on this principle and gave lovely and healthy blueberries in the lottie soil.
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