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Sara Hesikova

How to test your soil's pH – getting it right will make your garden look better than ever

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When talking about how to plant and how to grow plants in the garden, one of the things that comes up repeatedly is the importance of your soil’s level of acidity. And that level is measured in pH. Learning how to test your soil’s pH or find out how acidic your soil is easy as there are a few tools you can use. 

It's a good idea to perform one of these checks before deciding what to plant in your garden this April. This is because different plants and crops prefer different types of soil, some like acidic soil while others like alkaline at the opposite end of the spectrum.

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