Does anyone provide a Ph test on garden beds and the grassed areas?
What equipment do you use to test?
Does anyone provide a Ph test on garden beds and the grassed areas?
What equipment do you use to test?
Originally Posted by geejay
I've been in this industry for well over 15years and never had to do a Ph test or core a lawn ( I DONT KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE FORUM)
Back at tafe we used litmus paper and iodine and a comparitor that seemed to do the trick id imagen youd get one from any garden store.
Never used it since though and that was 5 years ago.
Wierd hey...
I've been going a month and have a garden that the shrubs etc in places were not looking like they should.The owners said they had applied fert' in spring but the plants did not improve.I purcahsed a Ph kit from Bunnings and checked all beds.The plants that were not doing well were out of their prefered Ph range. I have applied chemicals to correct the Ph,hopefully this will improve the plants concerned.
Cheers
Good luck be interesting to see what happens to them.
Just for interest sake if you didnt know if you have hydrangas in the bed if they have blue flowers the soils more base and if there red/pink is more acidic.
Thanks.
Have that sorted.
Hydrangea blue apply lime.
Hydrangea pink/red apply flower of sulphar.
Cheers
On the subject of Hydrangeas.I did a inner court yard in the Melbourne city after a 38 degree day,the leaves had burnt off the hydrangeas,melted black,every thing else was perfect,hibiscus,ginger,box hedge,etc.Weird hey.............
They love loads of water and usualy on the south side of a building or plantation too keep them from the full sun to stop them burning.
Hydrangea means vesel of water from what ive been told.
and if the hydrangea is white it's probably a safe bet that it's a white hydrangea
Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you
This garden was designed by Ban***,
everything in correct place,irragation tank and drip.
Water not the problem..
It was the enclosed courtyard and the heat= oven effect.
Hydrangeas are really cool climate plants.
Yes the whites will be white regardeless of Ph,they will indicate the ph by the eyes being blue or red,on the lacecaps the tips will be blue or red, saves on ph testing.......................