Elemental Sulphur To Lower Soil pH in The Lawn & Garden: How I'm Using It + Bonus Garden Footage
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2021
- Today I'm making my 2021 application of elemental Sulphur to the lawn; it's largely my final step in adjusting my soil pH down every so slightly. At the beginning of the lawn season this year my pH averaged around 6.8 to 6.9 and my target pH for Spring 2022 is 6.5.
Most of my videos on this channel are targeted towards the lawn care community but the information presented in this video also applies to gardeners. I am a gardener too so I would know. I finish this video off with a short garden tour just for the fun of it.
► Most importantly for my viewers I'd like you to see this video where I explain the details behind pH adjustments to the acidic side of the spectrum: • Lower Soil pH In The L...
► You can also see my analysis of my soil pH and how home pH test kits work right here: • RapiTest Soil pH Meter...
Earlier in the season this year I took a few additional steps to lower my soil pH. These actions would work well enough in the garden if not better than they do in the lawn. You can see what actions I took in the following videos:
► Step 1 - Lowering pH With Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer & Peat Moss: • Lowering Soil pH In My...
► Step 2 - Mid-Spring Application of Urea Acidifying Fert: • Summer Lawn Prep Start...
To acidify your soil elemental Sulphur is the way to go but you can't expect results until at least a few months pass.
► I buy my elemental Sulphur locally at my home gardening supply store but the product is easily available online. Here's an Amazon affiliate link to a product I'd buy for myself it I didn't have an easy local source: www.amazon.com/Walts-Elementa...
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I love that your yard has toys everywhere! It looks like a real yard.
Good video Brian, I did this today.
Thanks for the tips
Thanks George, that one was a good while back, glad you found it helpful! 😃
Made me go double check the blueberries. Our native soil here in Melbourne is between 6 and 6.5 and we used sulphur, we are now between 4.5 and 5.5 which is perfect.
Sulphur is a slow process, one thing I am not sure you touched on. But it is a forever process, you will need to reapply or the native pH will come back.
Glad I found this video, i took a sample of my soil in the spring and didn’t have a PH issue. I had some 57 limestone rock brought to my backyard through the side yard. Needless to say, I had to reseed half that side of the yard after raking most of the dropped limestone rock out. The grass that grew was not dark green and I ordered “Dr Iron” thinking it might be an iron problem before watching this video. Fortunately it contains 55% Sulfur supposedly derived from elemental sulfur. Should I put that down now before the winter or wait until a soil sample next spring? Our temps are in the 40s-60s in Ohio. I would hate to waste a purchase. Thank you.
Thank You Brian!
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Good one Brian!! I really must get a soil test asap and before my fall reno, because I've been fertilizing, it worked well, but not the right way when you're trying to get better...
Thanks a bunch, yeah knowing exactly where you stand makes all the moves you make in the lawn feel right instead of just a guess... even when everything looks good up above. 😀 I have a feeling your fall is going to be a lot of fun!
@@TurfMechanic what brands come in 50 pound size?
you need about 50 grams (big handful) per square metre. that little bag of sulfur for whole lawn, not going to do much. need even more in a highly calcium buferred soil. hard to find cheap bulk sulfur sources.
The higher your pH is to start the more you need to lower it. Im moving the needle only a bit from a 6.8 starting point so a couple pounds is all i want or need to apply.
Excellent video Brian!!. I bought elemental sulfur in powder(water soluble) by mistake . What is best way to apply on my lawn. Can I place in a hose end sprayer.? 800 sq. ft. ph 7.0.
For a cool season lawn coming out of winter, when should I apply Ammonium Sulfate to my lawn that had a PH of 6.5 last year!
Love the garden tour! Do you have a composting system that utilizes the chicken manure? I get my chicken manure from a friend that has chickens.
That's great, glad you liked that. We do lazy chicken manure composting, when we clean the coop out we put all the combined bedding and chicken poo into a plastic tub and leave it out in the sun for the rest of the year really. By fall we'll take a lot of that stuff and scoop it into the garden which is largely unoccupied through the winter and by March when the earliest stuff goes in the beds the chicken poo has composted down enough to be not even noticeable. For the poo we collect in the fall and winter we collect all of that in a different tub to be used the following fall. We literally never turn it after collecting it, just letting it age in uncovered plastic bins outside seems to work fine for us.
Whats the difference between elemental sulfur and normal sulfur powder? Because i have sulfur powder at home
So it takes about a year to actually see the ph decrease? So it is slowly working in the winter too?
You could probably test my lawn in different areas and get all different readings. Mis match soils its is
Honestly me to, probably just about everyone could say the same. Best practice would be to check pH of different areas/sections of the lawn and track them individually. For those that have the time that would be optimal I think.
@@TurfMechanic i just ordered white dutch clover. After having poor results planting fescue (much didnt come up and soil sandy) I'm thinking maybe the clover will help. Just not sure what weed killer i can safely use that wont kill the clover. Thanks for the videos your common sense and informative approach is helping
Can you please tell me what spreader setting you used? Thanks
I don't remember. I always start spreading on the lowest setting then adjust up if it feels like it's coming out too slow. That's what I advise if you aren't following any instructions from the back of a bag
@@TurfMechanic thanks I’m assuming you watered it in after applying.
Very Vane creature to have braces in adult life. Do you also cross dress?
. who are you to judge others. I am an orthodontist and my adult patients are very pleased to have a beautiful smile. You can let your own teeth rot if you like and look terrible. I think its great that Brian is improving his smile in a positive direction.