I bought a 3-way soil meter from a Chinese online store. The first thing that caught my attention in the soil meter was that there was no battery compartment to store a battery pack. This three-way ...

Annette MaCoy, Penn State Master Gardener Coordinator, Franklin County Penn State Extension and the Penn State Agricultural ...

When farmers talk about their soil test results, the conversation often starts and ends with soil pH. While that one number is important to determining whether lime is needed, that insight is just a ...

Your soil's pH level has a major impact on your plants. Get a better idea of whether it's acidic, neutral, or alkaline with ...

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

To judge their ability to detect moisture differences, we tested ten soil moisture meters in various growing mediums, including potting soil, dirt from the garden, peat moss, and compost. We used them ...

The University of Delaware (UD) has rated soils in terms of the likelihood of profitable responses to additions of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) from fertilizers, manures, and other soil amendments ...