The EASY and EFFECTIVE Way to Acidify Your Soil pH

You know you need to acidify your soil pH... but how? There are so many myths associated with changing pH. In this video, I will bust those myths and provide an easy and effective way to acidify your soil pH.

0:00 Intro
1:46 Testing soil pH
2:53 Busting Myths
5:28 What actually works (Elemental Sulfur)
6:40 Preparing your soil
10:11 Changing pH around established plants (blueberries)
12:12 Closing thoughts

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[CanadianBrewingChannel]

I used elemental sulphur to lower the PH in my soil. If you want to save money, buy it in bulk form a farm supply store. A 3 pound bag on Amazon is $30 Canadian. I bought a 55 pound bag for $45 Canadian at a farm supply store. If you are a home gardener then you are set for life with 55 pounds!

[DenisDeCharmoy-flht]

Thanks for the great advice on blueberries. Blessings from Durban North, KZN, SOUTH AFRICA

[Iowa]

My yard is ~50% covered in Cedar trees & the soil is overly alkaline (8 - 9 pH), but they do fine. Grass doesn't, & the cedar needles make it worse.

Vinegar works, temporarily &/or a lot, at very low concentrations! (up to 4 cups 5% white vinegar with 12 cups water, 1 gallon total)

The grass turns green as applying it, but will start browning again in 2-3 days…for weeks! (Seriously. My wife thought I was crazy, then she watched. It only takes 3-5 seconds after application before it starts to change colors.)

Most seems to be ~90% healthy now (after 5+ applications) but there are a few tough spots. I just want some grass, to stop the mud, so I'll try some elemental sulfur!

[PCMenten]

Blueberries will form a mycorrhizal relationship with fungi, but sulfur inhibits and kills fungi. Agricultural vinegar (15-30%) and highly organic amendments and heavy mulch will produce better tasting, healthier berries.

[FlawlessYT]

I live in the middleeast we have a lot of sumac trees and we make grounded sumac. Grounded sumac has a ph of 2.5 to 3.5. I mix grounded sumac with the soil and water normally. Try it

[stevecooper]

I use 90% sulfur from tractor supply, more bang for your buck.
Also use liquid organic fertilizer, Neptune's fish fertilizer, Neptune's seaweed fertilizer and blackstrap molasses, start in the June until August every two weeks half strength, works also really good on the apple trees.

[AZOMITE]

Thanks Jolene- it's an honor to be in your mix!

[jhjln]

I have strawberries in a self-watering planter that are yellowing this year. Living in an arid environment, they get watered a TON and so I imagine lots of leaching has occurred, even with applications of compost and fertilizer. Some places say you don’t need to acidify the soil for strawberries, but I am considering amending this planter. Good, easy to follow instructions.

[bloggalot]

If it is a small area, add spent tea bags and dig them in to the soil or add them to a watering can and let stand for an hour or two before watering the acidified water on the plants.

[stevelew]

Very nice video. You are good and informative! Thanks for everything!!

[amandafarley]

Wow. These could be super helpful and definitely educational for someone who doesnt garden alot. Or is new to gardening.

[MarSchlosser]

Sulfur, oak leaves, oak chips, and so on. A cousin uses 18 inches of wood chips for his. My sister, who lives in an area with limestone, planted rabbiteye, which are resistant to lime.

[RockyS]

Great job and presentation Heather. I just planted 13 mixed blueberry bushes. Yes, I used the Acid mix sulfer and also about halfway into the planting I discovered the Azalia acid mix soil. I had mixed results with a varigated garden and it was hit-and-miss finding the proper soil admendments for each of the types of vegtables. So now, I am just planting blueberries which grow well in Washington State. I certainly will follow your recommendations and thank you for them. My thirty square foot garden is prone to weeds so for now I just will cover around the plants with a ground cover.

[eo]

Ooh, at 9:06 when the little guy gets ahold of the scissors! When they’re so young, seems like they’re surprisingly into everything.

[nickthegardener.]

Hi I've just added sulphur to my soil to lower pH for potatoes, not too much but enough to hopefully lower my pH to around 6. Great video.👍🙏👌

[steveanimatrix]

You pay about a 5x premium for buying the Espoma (or any other soil "acidifier") product, which only contains about 30% sulfur, over actual sulfur from a garden supply/farm store.

[freedomofreligion]

Congrats on your best work EVER: Bringing a young one home.

Welcome to a piece of your heart being carried around in another being for life!

Badly needed this video, thx!!

[vicmurai]

Wonderful video tutorial. Thanks Jolene.

[TXVETJEB]

If you are so worried about depleting a non renewable resource (Peat) you should also avoid Azomite. It's also mined and is a non renewable resource.

[sketchlegend]

why is vinegar not good? i use it for my cannabis plants to lower ph should i try something else?