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 ...

There are also charts created for the SMP buffer that will help you determine how much lime to apply. It’s easier to maintain a good soil pH from the surface than to fix an extremely acid one ...

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 ...

Poor farmland drainage and unsatisfactory levels of soil pH could be seriously hindering grass growth on UK farms. According to Rob Burtonshaw, a land drainage contractor from Farm Services ...