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Tips for Soil Healthy Gardening

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

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You can make your garden more nutrient available but also less toxic when you have your pH of the soil close to neutral. Slightly acidic pH like 6 to 7 is beneficial for availability of nutrients. Close to neutral pH, you will have less likely toxicity problems with metals. Most likely when a pH is dropping, when it becomes more acidic, in that case metals become more available and more harmful. You test periodically for heavy metals, for other nutrients, pH, soil texture, you should be in good health for healthy gardening.

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