{"id":61788,"date":"2011-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-master-gardeners-to-offer-free-soil-ph-testing\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T00:00:00","slug":"uri-master-gardeners-to-offer-free-soil-ph-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/03\/uri-master-gardeners-to-offer-free-soil-ph-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners to offer free soil pH testing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — March 9, 2011 \u2013 As home gardeners begin to think about their spring plantings and renewing their lawns, they should also put some thought into the quality of their soil. The 溏心vlog免费B站 is going to make that easier for them by offering free testing of soil pH beginning March 28.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cYou need to understand your soil if you\u2019re going to have much success at growing a healthy garden or lawn,\u201d said Rosanne Sherry, who directs the 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardener Program. \u201cAnd the first step to understanding your soil and solving any problems it may have is learning its pH.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tpH is a measure of soil acidity or alkalinity. The pH of native, uncultivated soils in southern New England is typically 4.5 to 5.5, which is ideal for growing native plants like blueberries, rhododendrons and azaleas. But most cultivated garden plants, vegetables, and lawn grasses grow best when the pH is between 6 and 7, according to Sherry. When pH is too low, the soil ties up all the nutrients and plants struggle to grow. <\/p>\n


\nThe addition of lime to the soil \u2013 about 50 pounds per 1,000 square feet \u2013 will make the nutrients more available to plants and enable the growing of a lush garden. Sherry noted that it takes about two or three months for pH to change after the addition of lime, so it is best to apply lime in the fall.<\/p>\n


\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners will conduct the pH tests for Rhode Islanders who bring a sample of their soil to the Mallon Outreach Center on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The test takes about 15 minutes, and gardeners are asked to wait for the results rather than dropping off the sample and returning later. Mail-in samples will not be tested.<\/p>\n


\n\tA total of about one cup of soil should be collected from several locations in the garden at a depth of about six inches and placed in a plastic Ziploc bag. Along with the results of the test, the Master Gardeners will also provide a recommendation for the quantity of lime that should be administered, if any.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAnd while you\u2019re there, we hope you\u2019ll hang around and ask questions of our Master Gardeners,\u201d Sherry said. \u201cThey are a wealth of knowledge and will enjoy sharing their expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information about soil testing, call the 溏心vlog免费B站 Gardening Hotline at 800-448-1011 or 401-874-4836. The Mallon Outreach Center is located at 3 East Alumni Ave., Kingston.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — March 9, 2011 \u2013 As home gardeners begin to think about their spring plantings and renewing their lawns, they should also put some thought into the quality of their soil. The 溏心vlog免费B站 is going to make that easier for them by offering free testing of soil pH beginning March […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}