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Understanding Soil pH: Acid vs. Alkaline Soils

Clip: Season 20 Episode 1 | 6m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn how to acidify your soil to grow rhododendrons and other acid loving plants.

Soil scientist Doug Soldat takes the mystery out of soil pH and shows how to acidify soil, essential to growing rhododendrons and other acid loving plants in alkaline soils.

03/04/2012 | Rating TV-G

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