that the soil is deficient. This plan is intended for the majority of the common vegetable and flower plants where soil pH needs to be slightly acid.Step 1 - Understand your starting...Become a Garden Soil Iron Chef The Ultimate Garden Soil RecipeThe key to healthy plants is healthy soil. Late winter is the time to prepare the soil in your vegetable and flower... gardens for the upcoming season. Nothing will make more of a difference in the performance of your plants than the correct soil mixture. Most plants will do best in soil...

CHANGE TO PINK CHANGE TO PINK For hydrangea blooms to be pink, the plants must not take up aluminum from the soil. If the soil naturally contains aluminum, one must try to keep... to 6.2 (If it goes above 6.4 hydrangeas may experience an iron deficiency). Since hydrangeas take up aluminum best at lower pH levels, raising the pH will help to keep the bluing.... Choose a fertilizer close to the ratio of 25/10/10 (Phosphorus is the middle number). In areas that naturally produce blue hydrangeas (soils with aluminum), consider growing pink...