enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Soil pH - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_pH

   Use of an inexpensive pH testing kit, where in a small sample of soil is mixed with indicator solution which changes colour according to the acidity. Use of litmus paper. A small sample of soil is mixed with distilled water, into which a strip of litmus paper is inserted. If the soil is acidic the paper turns red, if basic, blue.

3. Have you tested your garden soil? Here's what you should know

   www.aol.com/tested-garden-soil-heres-know...

   In this vein, a soil test is like a blood test for the soil. Soil tests can be used for four purposes: maintaining proper soil fertility; guiding plant selection; diagnosing plant health issues ...

4. The Best Soil Test Kits Will Help You Grow Your Perfect Garden

   www.aol.com/lifestyle/best-soil-test-kits-help...

   For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

5. Garden: It is time to test your garden soil - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/garden-time-test-garden-soil...

   The information provided to gardeners in soil test results is sometimes compared to the information that blood tests provide to physicians. In this vein, a soil test is like a blood test for the soil.

6. Soil test - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_test

   A soil test is a laboratory or in-situ analysis to determine the chemical, physical or biological characteristics of a soil. Possibly the most widely conducted soil tests are those performed to estimate the plant-available concentrations of nutrients in order to provide fertilizer recommendations in agriculture.

7. Cation-exchange capacity - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cation-exchange_capacity

   Cation-exchange capacity (CEC) is a measure of how many cations can be retained on soil particle surfaces. [1] Negative charges on the surfaces of soil particles bind positively-charged atoms or molecules (cations), but allow these to exchange with other positively charged particles in the surrounding soil water. [2]