For iced tea, the question is “sweet or unsweet?” For garden soil, it’s “alkaline or acid?” The answer can make a big difference in the health and growth of your plants, according to Sharon Yiesla, ...

Learn how to acidify your soil to grow rhododendrons and other acid loving plants. Soil scientist Doug Soldat takes the mystery out of soil pH and shows how to acidify soil, essential to growing ...

Applying lime when lime is not needed may have disastrous results in your garden, landscape and lawn. Determining soil pH is important in gardening. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 being ...

Growing plants that are well-suited to your soil pH makes gardening a whole lot easier. While plants like potatoes flourish in acidic gardens, most veggies prefer slightly acidic to neutral soils, ...

Monstera is highly tolerant of acid and alkaline soils, and a variety of conditions, but favors shade and moisture. The Monstera deliciosa produces fruit that looks like a scaly cucumber but tastes ...

Vol. 155/156, Selected papers from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION COLLOQUIUM (October 1993), pp. 513-516 (4 pages) Commercial lupins grow poorly on alkaline and neutral ...