How To Test the pH of Soil & How To Prepare A Garden Bed For Planting

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxqh5lAuKdU

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05:17:00

Year of Production: 

2023

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Organic Edible Garden
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Being one of the major factors of production, land management is required through improving on the fertility to increase crop production. When soil is acidic, add lime to it and gypsum is it is alkaline and to tst the soil pH, get soil underneath ground and fill it in the test tube. Add powder and testing liquid and shake and leave it for 5-10 minutes and use colour chart to check the pH of the soil.

Soil testing

First, aerate the bed with fork hoe without breaking soil structure, add gypsum to garden/ bed and rock dust as well and add compost to the bed and chicken manure to add nutrients to soil.
Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0001:51When soil is acidic, add lime to it and gypsum if alkaline.
01:5202:19To test pH, get soil underneath ground and fill it in test tube.
02:2002:35Add powder and testing liquid and shake.
02:3602:38Leave it for 5-10 minutes.
02:3902:46Use colour chart to check pH.
02:4703:21Aerate the bed with fork hoe without breaking soil structure.
03:2204:02Add gypsum to bed and rock dust.
04:0304:53Add compost to the bed and chicken manure to add nutrients to soil.
04:5405:17Summary

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