Soil PH And Its Effect On Your Garden

As you may have observed from your gardening experiences plants can be fussy things. The right location, amount of sunlight and 101 other factors influence your plant’s growing ability. One factor which is very beneficial in understanding before putting that new plant into the earth is soil pH.

What is Soil pH?
Let’s get all scientific for a moment and learn what pH is. In chemistry pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a solution is. Okay chemistry lesson over. Basically soil pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline your soil is. Soil pH is measured on a scale of 1 to 14. If your soil has a pH value of less than 7 then you have acidic soil. On the other hand if your soil has a pH value of greater than 7 then you have alkaline soil. A pH value of 7 is neutral, meaning you have neither acidic or alkaline soil.

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Get Growth From Your Plants

Have you experienced the frustration trying to grow plants that never grow? If you have, there may be some things to consider before you attempt to see growth happen again.

A first thing to considering as you try to plant seeds and see their growth is the location. Where will you grow the plants? What are the conditions of that area? If you attempt to grow plants outside, what is it like? If you are hoping to achieve plant growth inside, what kind of environment are you using for the growing? Be sure that you understand how wet, dry, sunny or cloudy your chosen areas are. Having a correct picture of these things will save you time and money as you begin to look for the right kinds of seeds and plants to experiment with.

It is important not only that you understand the environment in which you hope to see growth from your plants, but it is also important to choose the right kinds of seeds to plant. You must be careful to match a proper kind of seed with your environment. If you live somewhere that is dry and hot most of the time you should choose seeds that require a dry heat for maximum growth. Other varieties of plants will grow better in areas that are sunny but wet, and still others will have maximum growth in areas that are cool and wet. So learn your growth environment well and then choose plants wisely and accordingly. You will not see proper growth happen from even the best, most expensive varieties of plants if you have chosen a seed that does not match your growing environment.

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