Soil testing methods are still largely the same as they were 100 years ago, and researchers and farmers continue to struggle to interpret the numbers. However, a soil test is a good place to start ...

Healthy soil is the heart of thriving gardens and homesteads. Knowing the complex makeup of soil and how to care for it, can ...

Most every farmer and gardener has heard the value of soil testing and adjusting the pH of the soil to meet your crop needs.

Figure 1: Soil pH at 0.5 m depth versus annual water balance. Figure 2: Outliers from the global relationship between pH and MAP minus PET. By assuming a threshold between CaCO 3-buffered and Al(OH) 3 ...

Kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinium Hochst) grew relatively poorly on the Wollongbar krasnozem at soil pH values below 4.36. At these low pH values dry matter yields were increased by raising the pH or ...