Soil testers range from simple pH strips to complex kits that pinpoint deficiencies. Serious gardeners will want to reach for comprehensive tests. As Jon Traunfeld, director of the Home & Garden ...

In making a pH determination on soil, the sample is saturated with the dye for a few minutes and the color observed. This method is accurate enough for most purposes. Kits (pH) containing the ...

When I started gardening, I assumed you could put seeds in dirt, add water and watch them grow into plants. That uneducated approach produced haphazard results and few vegetables. Somehow, I ...