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i have a question, I purchased a soil tested thing from amazon and it is saying my ph level is low. I went to nursery and got some lime and added it and it is still saying that its drastically low. Now I am not sure if it is true or not and I dont want to just keep adding??? opinions??

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Before I did anything else, I would get some litmus paper from a drug store to verify the first test results.

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Careful! Some pH tests can be horribly skewed if you don't use distilled water.

I agree with John: find a way to verify those results before proceeding.

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I think my first question is why are you testing your soil PH? Are you having an issue growing plants? Is it just because? Sometimes we can get hyper focused on one factor while not seeing or considering other ongoing factors.

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