Down to Earth Garden Sulfur Soil Acidifier, 5 lb for Hydrangeas, Berries, Evergreens, Soil pH Adjuster

Love this product … we built a new home on our property and I saved my hydrangea plants from our old landscaping. They sat in pots for 18 months and now are back in the ground and doing wonderfully with this product.

I just received this item and I need to wait until spring to apply it. I'm expecting great results from this product due to promising reports. I don't expect results immediately but look for them over time in turning my hydrangeas blue.

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The results of using it will take a while to change the color of our hydrangea.

As an organic grower using no-till living soil, I've learned that the number one way to keep my soil healthy and in that sweet spot PH to avoid nutrient lockout, is by adjusting my soil, not my water. I hated the idea of brewing a nice compost tea, aerating it overnight and then having to add an acid to lower the PH. Bubbling water alone, especially with a large air pump will give you a false reading, simply because of the added O2 in the water. So I'd end up dumping acid in my water to get it around 6.3 but the actual level was probably somewhere in the low 5's. Instead of going through this every day, I thought the better solution had to be using buffers in my soil to maintain that ideal level. Any time my soil gets above 6.4 or so, I add some garden sulfur and when I get bellow 5.8 I'll add lime. Not only does this give my plants an ideal condition to uptake nutrients and minerals but it also provides the calcium from the sulfur and the magnesium from the lime to maintain it's explosive and healthy growth. Down the Earth specifically is a trusted brand who makes just about any type of organic dry amendment you'd ever need for your grow at a good price. I can not recommend these products enough. They have helped me yield some beautiful crops, even with my short time growing no-till organics.

This worked well in our alkaline soil to bring down the pH while providing the calcium our soil needed. It is rather fine so the calcium is quickly available while the sulfur acts to lower the pH. Our tomato plants responded well. I could also see a difference in the various plants growing as groundcover. The leaves were more robust and turgid. For reference in our area can have a pH as high as 8. Happy with it!

Convenient box that makes it easy to store on a shelf. plus it works, my newest blooms are purple. Yay!

It's too soon for me to test and see how the soil is being amended, however I feel very confident about this brand and this specific product. I am amending my soil a year in advance of adding blueberries to my garden, and will continue to test the soil as the year progresses.