If you have been fertilizing your garden regularly for several years in a row, it’s possible your soil may need lime. Lime is a calcium-based soil amendment that farmers and gardeners use to raise ...

Learn why soil pH is the most important soil test value and how it affects nutrient availability and lime requirements.

Growers should immediately sample their soil to get a sense of how low the pH is and the effect it will have on their crops. “It’s knowing how big of a problem this is,” said Clain Jones, soil ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

Wood ashes can be a valuable resource for amending garden soil. Anyone using a fireplace or wood stove knows that a large amount of wood ashes can accumulate over a heating season. When applied under ...

Your soil is most depleted after a full season of crop demand, making fall ideal for testing. In milder western regions, soil ...

When we are having problems with our lawns or plants, the first thing that comes to mind is often that they are caused by a pest or disease. We often overlook that it could be a problem with the soil.

Soil should be alive and it is a fact that chemical fertilizers kill the microbial activity in soil. Do we really need ...

Several varieties of Hydrangea macrophylla are color changeable. The flower color is determined in part by the soil’s pH level. A soil sample indicates the nutrients and pH level of the soil, ...

Although non-natives, blueberries can be grown in eastern Kansas for gardeners willing to work and plan ahead. A relative to azaleas and rhododendrons, blueberries require an acidic pH, between 4.8 ...