JERRY COLEBY-WILLIAMS: Healthy plants should be able to get all of the nutrients they need from the soil. But if your soil is too acid or too alkaline they won't be able to get the goodies - no matter ...

Some plants require soil to be acidic or alkaline in order to thrive. While you can buy a pH testing kit, this DIY method gives you an idea of what kind of soil you have, using two ingredients that ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

When I started gardening, I assumed you could put seeds in dirt, add water and watch them grow into plants. That uneducated approach produced haphazard results and few vegetables. Somehow, I missed ...

Today’s Google doodle honors the Danish chemist S.P.L. Sørensen. As the head of Copenhagen’s Carlsberg Laboratory, Sørensen is known for inventing the pH scale to measure acidity and alkaline levels ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you have leggy or struggling plants, it's often a sign that you should test the soil's pH level. You can invest in professional testing; ...

A NEW pH testing service from Soyl was on show at the event. The Veris Mobile Sensor Platform has just arrived in the UK from the USA and can measure both soil pH and electrical conductivity on the ...